Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unintentional Fatal and Nonfatal Emergency Medical Services–Attended Opioid Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia
Utsha G. Khatri, Lia Pizzicato, Kendra Viner, Emily Bobyock, Monica Sun, Zachary F. Meisel, Eugenia C. South
Abstract
This cross-sectional study describes the differential associations of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with opioid-related overdoses among racial/ethnic groups in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Ethnic groupPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)OpioidMedical emergencyFamily medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyInternal medicinePolitical scienceOutbreakLawReceptorOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationEmergency and Acute Care Studies