A comparison of opioid-involved fatalities captured in the National Poison Data System to data derived from US death certificate literal text.

Celeste A MallamaJames P TrinidadRichard S SwainYueqin ZhaoCorinne M WoodsJana K McAninch

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2019)

NPDS is a valuable drug safety surveillance resource due to its timeliness and drug specificity. However, it captures only a small fraction of opioid-involved fatal poisonings, and comparisons with data derived from death certificate literal text indicate that caution is warranted in making inferences about opioid-involved fatality trends over time or comparisons across opioids.

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