Nonfatal opioid overdoses before and after Covid-19: Regional variation in rates of change.

Albert J Burgess-Hull Kirsten Elin SmithLeigh V PanlilioDestiny SchrieferKenzie L PrestonAliese AlterChristopher YeagerTimothy Chizmar Theodore R DelbridgeKenan ZamoreJeff BeesonDavid H Epstein

Published in: PloS one (2022)

The pandemic and its accompanying PHOs were associated with steeper increases in nonfatal opioid overdoses in most but not all of the regions we assessed, with a net effect that was deleterious for the Maryland region as a whole.

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