Healio (3/16, VanDewater) reports, “Participation in an outreach program following a nonfatal opioid overdose was associated with lower risk for later overdose death, according to” study data. Researchers “evaluated the rate of opioid overdose deaths per quarter from 2013 to June 30, 2019, in 93 Massachusetts municipalities that had at least 30 opioid-related emergency medical services responses in 2015,” and “there were 58 municipalities with outreach programs by the second quarter of 2019.” The findings were published online March 15 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Outreach program after opioid overdose decreases later overdose death “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, March 16, 2023