Association between homelessness and opioid overdose and opioid-related hospital admissions/emergency department visits

Ayae Yamamoto, Jack Needleman, Lillian Gelberg, Gerald Kominski, Steven Shoptaw and Yusuke Tsugawa

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 242, issue C

Abstract: Although homelessness and opioid overdose are major public health issues in the U.S., evidence is limited as to whether homelessness is associated with an increased risk of opioid overdose.

Keywords: Opioid overdose; Opioid abuse; Homeless; Homelessness; Emergency department (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112585

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