Observational studyThe International journal on drug policy2022
COVID-19 economic impact payments and opioid overdose deaths.
Observational study in The International journal on drug policy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- The impact of cash and near-cash social policies on substance use outcomes: a scoping review.Health affairs scholar · 2026Review
- The effect of lifting eviction moratoria on fatal drug overdoses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Advanced Child Tax Credit Monthly Payments and Substance Use Among US Parents.JAMA health forum · 2025Article
- SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Experience at an Academic Medical Examiner's Office.Academic forensic pathology · 2024Article
- Multi-level influences on increased overdose risk behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in Rhode Island: a qualitative investigation.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Pandemic-Era Unemployment Insurance Access: Implications For Health And Well-Being.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGiven the global economic recessions mediated by the COVID-19 pandemic and that many countries have implemented direct income support programs, we investigated the timing of the COVID-19 economic impact payments and opioid overdose deaths.
methodsA longitudinal, observational study design that included data from the Ohio Department of Health was utilized. Statistical change point analyses were conducted to identify significant changes in weekly number of opioid overdose deaths from January 1 of 2018 to August 1 of 2020. Additional analyses including difference-in-difference, time series tests, interrupted time series regression analysis and Granger causality test were performed.
resultsA single change point was identified and occurred at week 16, 2020. For 2020, the median opioid overdose deaths numbers for weeks 1-16 and weeks 17-32 were 68.5 and 101, respectively. The opioid overdose deaths numbers from weeks 17-32 of 2020 were significantly higher than those in weeks 1-16 of 2020 and those in 2018 and 2019 (before and after week 16). The interrupted time series regression analysis indicated more than 203 deaths weekly for weeks 17-32 of 2020 compared to all other weeks. The result of the Granger causality test found that the identified change point (week 16 of 2020) directly influenced the increase in opioid overdose deaths in weeks 17-32 of 2020.
conclusionThe identified change point may refer to the timing of many factors, not only the economic payments and further research is warranted to investigate the potential relationship between the COVID-19 economic impact payments and overdose deaths.
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