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ReviewPreventive medicine reports2026

Defining nonfatal opioid overdoses using administrative health data in the United States and Canada: A scoping review.

Megan E Marziali, Silke Hansen, Kevin Y Xu, Esther Rowan, Michelle Doering, Erin M Annunziato, Robert S Hogg, Silvia S Martins

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Review in Preventive medicine reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Megan E MarzialiDepartment of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, NY, New York, United States.
Silke HansenBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Kevin Y XuDivision of Addiction Science, Prevention and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine; Washington University School of Public Health, St Louis, MO, United States.
Esther RowanDepartment of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, NY, New York, United States.
Michelle DoeringBernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, United States.
Erin M AnnunziatoDepartment of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, NY, New York, United States.
Robert S HoggBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Silvia S MartinsDepartment of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, NY, New York, United States.

Funding

Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program (SAETP) at Columbia UniversityT32DA031099 · NIDA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DEBORAH S HASIN, Silvia Saboia Martins · 2012 to 2026
$6.1M
Social safety net programs as interventions to reduce opioid-related harms in reproductive-age womenR01DA059376 · NIDA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Silvia Saboia Martins · 2023 to 2026
$3.2M
Using Big Data to Optimize Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in PregnancyK08DA061258 · NIDA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Kevin Young Xu · 2024 to 2026
$664k
The non-fatal overdose crisis: Sex and gender differences in healthcare utilization and health outcomes of people living with and without HIV between 2012 and 2020R21DA057058 · NIDA · SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY · PI HOGG, ROBERT S · 2023 to 2024
$291k
Dissecting the role of loneliness on substance use- and HIV-related outcomes among sexual minority men in the United States and CanadaR36DA061635 · NIDA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MARZIALI, MEGAN ELYSSA · 2024 to 2025
$103k
NIDA NIH HHS K08 DA061258NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA059376NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA057058NIDA NIH HHS R36 DA061635NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA031099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To explore definitions of nonfatal opioid overdoses with study populations based in the United States and Canada, to improve nonfatal overdose monitoring. Methods: We searched five databases: PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, Embase, and PsycInfo, including studies published between January 2013-October 2024. We combined overdose-related terms (e.g., overdose, poisoning) and hospital-related terms (e.g., diagnosis code, International Classification of Diseases [ICD], electronic health records) and extracted data from 214 studies that defined opioid overdoses. Results: Most studies reported on opioid overdoses due to any opioid ( Conclusions: We observed substantial variation in definitions. Detailed, standardized reporting methods when applying diagnostic codes may improve consistency and transparency and could improve public health monitoring.

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Drug overdoseEpidemiologyInternational classification of diseasesMedical recordsOpiate overdoseScoping review

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PMID42602396
PMCPMC13474383

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