Modelling the combined impact of interventions in averting deaths during a synthetic‐opioid overdose epidemic

2019238 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Michael A. Irvine · University of British Columbia

Margot Kuo · University of British Columbia

Jane A. Buxton · University of British Columbia

Robert Balshaw · George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation

Michael Otterstatter · BC Centre for Disease Control

Laura MacDougall · BC Centre for Disease Control

M‐J Milloy

Abstract

A combined intervention approach has been effective in averting overdose deaths during British Columbia's opioid overdose crisis in the period since declaration of a public health emergency (April 2016-December 2017). However, the absolute numbers of overdose deaths have not changed.

Topics & Keywords

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Addiction

Volume 114, Issue 9, pp. 1602-1613

DOI: 10.1111/add.14664

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