Drug-related deaths among housed and homeless individuals in the UK and the USA: comparative retrospective cohort study.

Emmert Roberts Caroline S CopelandKeith HumphreysChelsea L Shover

Published in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2023)

Both the rate and type of drug-related deaths differ significantly between homeless and housed populations in the UK and USA. The two countries also differ in drugs implicated in death. Targeted programmes for country-specific implicated drug profiles appear warranted.

Keyphrases

drug induced
adverse drug
mental illness
genetic diversity
electronic health record