Dario Tedesco is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Medicine, Stanford University, in California.
Steven M. Asch is director of the Center for Innovation to Implementation at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and vice chief of the Division of Primary Care and Population Health at Stanford University.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Oct 1;36(10):1748-1753. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0260.
Addressing the opioid epidemic is a national priority. We analyzed national trends in inpatient and emergency department (ED) discharges for opioid abuse, dependence, and poisoning using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data. Inpatient and ED discharge rates increased overall across the study period, but a decline was observed for prescription opioid-related discharges beginning in 2010, while a sharp increase in heroin-related discharges began in 2008.
解决阿片类药物泛滥问题是国家的当务之急。我们使用医疗保健成本和利用项目数据分析了全国范围内因阿片类药物滥用、依赖和中毒而住院和急诊(ED)出院的趋势。在整个研究期间,住院和 ED 出院率总体呈上升趋势,但自 2010 年以来,与处方类阿片相关的出院率呈下降趋势,而与海洛因相关的出院率则自 2008 年以来急剧上升。