Journal article
Trends in Hospitalization for Opioid Overdose among Rural Compared to Urban Residents of the United States, 2007-2014
Journal of hospital medicine, Vol.12(11), pp.925-929
11/2017
DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2793
PMID: 29091981
Abstract
Hospitalizations and deaths due to opioid overdose have increased over the last decades. We used data from the National Inpatient Sample and the American Community Survey to describe trends in hospitalization rates for opioid overdose among rural residents compared with urban residents in the United States from 2007 to 2014. Hospitalization rates for heroin overdose increased in all years and were higher in urban residents compared with rural residents (5.5 per 100,000 in large urban populations vs 2.1 per 100,000 in rural populations in 2014). In contrast, hospitalization rates for prescription opioid overdose were 20% to 30% higher in rural populations compared with large urban populations between 2007 and 2012, before declining in rural populations in 2013 and 2014. The proportion of rural patients admitted for overdose who are cared for in urban hospitals increased from 23.1% in 2007 to 41.2% in 2014. These trends are clinically relevant as rural patients and urban patients may have different discharge needs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Trends in Hospitalization for Opioid Overdose among Rural Compared to Urban Residents of the United States, 2007-2014
- Creators
- Hilary Mosher - The Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAYunshou Zhou - The Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAAndrew L Thurman - The Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation Center at the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Iowa City, Iowa, USAMary Vaughan Sarrazin - The Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAMichael E Ohl - The Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of hospital medicine, Vol.12(11), pp.925-929
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.12788/jhm.2793
- PMID
- 29091981
- ISSN
- 1553-5592
- eISSN
- 1553-5606
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2017
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Health Management and Policy; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984063143302771
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