Socioeconomic correlates of incident and fatal opioid overdose among Swedish people with opioid use disorder

Original research
par
Dahlman, Disa et al

Date de publication

2021

Géographie

Sweden

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Oui

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Oui

Évalué par des pairs

Yes

L’objectif

Socioeconomic factors are underexplored potential determinants of opioid OD. In this study, we assessed socioeconomic and other factors and their associations with incident and fatal opioid OD, in a cohort consisting of 22,079 individuals with OUD.

Constatations/points à retenir

Individuals with low education and receipt of social welfare had higher risks of incident opioid OD and individuals with criminal conviction were identified as a risk group for both incident and fatal opioid OD

La conception ou méthodologie de recherche

Longitudinal study based on the Swedish national register

Mots clés

Overdose
Policy/Regulatory
Equity
Social services
Outcomes
Poverty
Legal system/law enforcement