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Opioid Overdose Ambulance Runs: How Wisconsin Uses Free Text Data
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In 2016, twelve states received Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Enhanced State Opioid Overdose Surveillance grants. The purpose of the grant is to explore enhanced data sources to track nonfatal opioid overdoses. One data source is… read more -
Heroin Overdose Hospitalization Risk due to Prescription Opioids using PDMP in WI.
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Nationally and in Wisconsin, heroin is the leading cause of opioid related death and hospitalization. Opioids are commonly prescribed for pain. Every day, over 1,000 people are treated in emergency departments for misusing prescription opioids. In… read more