MD Magazine (5/27, Genn) reported researchers from “the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) found that opioid overdose and associated mortality rates increased among veterans from 2010-2016.” Included in the study were any veterans “who had at least one VHA inpatient or outpatient interaction during the year of their death or preceding year.” For the study, “forms of overdose deaths were categorized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) death codes, while the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) defined forms of opioids associated with veteran deaths.” The findings (pdf) were published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Related Links:
— “Veteran Opioid Overdose Deaths Are on the Rise, “Laura Genn, MD Magazine, May 27, 2019