U.S. Emergency Department Visits Resulting From Nonmedical Use of Pharmaceuticals, 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

National data on morbidity from nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals are limited. This study used nationally representative, public health surveillance data to characterize U.S. emergency department visits for acute harms from nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals and to guide prevention efforts.

Methods

Data collected in 2016 from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance project were analyzed in 2018 to calculate national estimates of emergency department visits for harms from nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals.

Results

Based on 5,130 surveillance cases, there were an estimated 358,247 emergency department visits (95% CI=280,675, 435,819) in 2016 for harms from nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals and 41.1% resu

SUBMITTER: Geller AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6475457 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature