Peer-Reviewed Publications

Trends in Fatal Opioid Overdoses and Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visits Among the Black Population in California, 2011-2022

This study examined racial and ethnic disparities in opioid-related deaths (i.e., fatal overdoses) and opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits (i.e., nonfatal overdoses), and how they have changed over time (2011-2022) among the Black population in California, including fentanyl-related trends.

Read Now https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2024.10.002

Buprenorphine Treatment Outcomes Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Adults at California Emergency Departments Participating in the California Bridge Patient Outcomes Research Evaluation Study

This study examined differences in emergency department administration of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder by race and ethnicity at seven California emergency departments

Read Now https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111691