Economic burden of drug overdose deaths before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA

AIM: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic burden of drug overdose deaths in the USA. METHODS: Overdose death counts from 2019 to 2020 were obtained from the CDC's National Vital Statistics System. Years of potential life lost and value of statistical life were compute...

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Autores principales: Lui, Briana, White, Robert S, Aaronson, Jaime, Hoyler, Marguerite
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Medicine Ltd 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35521648
http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/cer-2021-0314
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author Lui, Briana
White, Robert S
Aaronson, Jaime
Hoyler, Marguerite
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description AIM: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic burden of drug overdose deaths in the USA. METHODS: Overdose death counts from 2019 to 2020 were obtained from the CDC's National Vital Statistics System. Years of potential life lost and value of statistical life were computed. RESULTS: The financial burden of overdose deaths increased by nearly 30%, from US$624.90 billion before the pandemic in 2019 to US$825.31 billion during the pandemic in 2020. Temporal analysis demonstrated that overdose deaths peaked in the second quarter of 2020 and contributed to nearly a third of the total 2020 value of statistical life. CONCLUSION: The authors' findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the US drug overdose epidemic.
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spelling pubmed-91497812022-06-04 Economic burden of drug overdose deaths before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA Lui, Briana White, Robert S Aaronson, Jaime Hoyler, Marguerite J Comp Eff Res Short Communication AIM: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic burden of drug overdose deaths in the USA. METHODS: Overdose death counts from 2019 to 2020 were obtained from the CDC's National Vital Statistics System. Years of potential life lost and value of statistical life were computed. RESULTS: The financial burden of overdose deaths increased by nearly 30%, from US$624.90 billion before the pandemic in 2019 to US$825.31 billion during the pandemic in 2020. Temporal analysis demonstrated that overdose deaths peaked in the second quarter of 2020 and contributed to nearly a third of the total 2020 value of statistical life. CONCLUSION: The authors' findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the US drug overdose epidemic. Future Medicine Ltd 2022-05-06 2022-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9149781/ /pubmed/35521648 http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/cer-2021-0314 Text en © 2022 Future Medicine Ltd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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title_short Economic burden of drug overdose deaths before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149781/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/cer-2021-0314
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