Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems
Soares WE, Melnick ER, Nath B, D'Onofrio G, Paek H, Skains RM, Walter LA, Casey MF, Napoli A, Hoppe JA, Jeffery MM. Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 79: 158-167. PMID: 34119326, PMCID: PMC8449788, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care systemCause ED visitsNonfatal opioid overdoseED visitsOpioid use disorderCare systemOpioid overdoseUse disordersCOVID-19 pandemicOpioid-related complicationsEmergency department visitsHospital-based interventionsED visit ratesEmergency department utilizationVisit countsUS health care systemOpioid overdose ratesDepartment visitsHistorical controlsAdult visitsOpioid overdosesOverdose ratesMedical emergencyVisit ratesMore weeksNational trends in emergency conditions through the Omicron COVID‐19 wave in commercial and Medicare Advantage enrollees
Stevens M, Melnick E, Savitz S, Jeffery M, Nath B, Janke A. National trends in emergency conditions through the Omicron COVID‐19 wave in commercial and Medicare Advantage enrollees. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2023, 4: e13023. PMID: 37576118, PMCID: PMC10423035, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.13023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency care-sensitive conditionsMedicare Advantage enrolleesED visitsVisit ratesPulmonary embolismPandemic waveWave 2Acute cardiovascular conditionsCause ED visitsMyocardial infarction rateED visit ratesEmergency department visitsPre-pandemic ratesCross-sectional analysisPre-pandemic periodInfarction rateCOVID-19 waveDepartment visitsSevere arrhythmiasFemale enrolleesMyocardial infarctionCardiovascular conditionsPercent changeSensitive conditionsEnrollees