ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2021
Medically treated opioid overdoses among New Jersey Medicaid beneficiaries: Rapid growth and complex comorbidity amid growing fentanyl penetration.
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- Evidence-based framework for identifying opioid use disorder in administrative data: A systematic review and methodological development study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2026Pooled it
- Association of Emergency Department Buprenorphine Initiation With Subsequent Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Among Patients With Opioid Use Disorder.Journal of addiction medicine · 2026Article
- Returning home during the pandemic: a thematic analysis describing experiences of people with substance use disorders released early from New Jersey prisons during COVID-19.Health & justice · 2023Article
- Longitudinal analysis of the prevalence and correlates of heavy episodic drinking and self-reported opioid use among a national cohort of patients with HIV.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Opioid overdose survivors: Medications for opioid use disorder and risk of repeat overdose in Medicaid patients.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Comorbid Affective and Substance Use Disorders of Medicaid/Medicare Beneficiaries at an Opioid Treatment Program Serving Small Urban and Rural Communities.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveMedically treated opioid overdoses identify a population at high risk of subsequent mortality and need for treatment. This study reports on medically treated opioid overdose trends in a state with rapid fentanyl spread.
methodsWe conducted stratified trend analysis of medically treated overdose due to heroin, synthetic opioids, methadone, or other natural opioids among New Jersey Medicaid beneficiaries aged 12-64 years (2014-2019); evaluated associations with demographics and co-occurring conditions; and examined trends in fentanyl penetration in suspected heroin seizures from New Jersey State Police data.
resultsOverdose risk more than tripled from 2014 to 2019, from 120.5 to 426.8 per 100,000 person-years, respectively. Increases primarily involved heroin and synthetic opioids and were associated with co-occurring alcohol and other non-opioid drug disorders, major depressive disorder, and hepatitis C. Concurrent changes in the drug exposure environment (2015-2019) included an increase in fentanyl penetration (proportion of suspected heroin seizures that included fentanyls) from 2% to 80%, and a decrease in the proportion of Medicaid beneficiaries who received opioid analgesic prescriptions from 23% to 13%.
conclusionResults document a rapid increase in overdose risk among individuals with opioid use disorder in an environment in which fentanyl is highly prevalent, and highlight the need for intensified services and engagement of non-treatment seekers, and integrated models to address multiple co-occurring conditions and risk factors.
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