Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cohorts of people with OUD involving illicit
opioids with data on all-cause or overdose-specific mortality. Setting and Participants: Of …

Background and aims Existing assessments of the time‐trends of opioid‐related mortality,
hospitalization and emergency department visits in Canada have relied mainly on provincial …

PURPOSE: Minority race and lower socioeconomic status are associated with lower rates of
opioid prescription and undertreatment of pain in multiple noncancer healthcare settings. It …

Public transport disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had wide-ranging impacts
on the ability of individuals to access health care. Individuals with opioid use disorder …

Background The opioid epidemic in the United States continues to surge, reaching record
deaths from opioid and fentanyl overdoses in 2020. This study analyzes spatial and …

Introduction: High levels of income inequality and increased opioid-related harm across
Canada bring into question the role of socioeconomic status (SES) in the opioid epidemic …

Background Many patients use opioids chronically before surgery; it is unclear if surgery
alters the likelihood of ongoing opioid consumption in these patients. Methods We …

Background Following the 2016 opioid overdose emergency declaration in British Columbia
(BC), provincial stakeholders collaborated to link data that resulted in the BC Provincial …

Background The United States is experiencing a drug addiction and overdose crisis, made
worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Relative to other types of health services, addiction …

Objective To examine postoperative opioid-prescribing patterns following otologic surgery.
Study Design Retrospective population-based descriptive study. Setting All hospitals in the …