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Opioid Misuse in Missouri: Analyzing Emergency Department Use in Urban/Rural Areas
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Like many other states in the U.S., Missouri has experienced large increases in opioid abuse resulting in hundreds dying each year and thousands of ED visits due to overdose. Missouri has two major urban areas, St. Louis and Kansas City and a few… read more… in hundreds dying each year and thousands of ED visits due to overdose. Missouri has two major urban areas, St. … is more rural in nature. The opioid epidemic has impacted all areas in the state but the magnitude of that impact … changes over time for Emergency Department (ED) visits due to opioid overdose in urban versus rural areas of the … -
Tracking Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Missouri: Trends and the ICD-CM Transition
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) rates have tripled for Missouri residents in the past three years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the womb. NAS has significant immediate… read more… years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the … years. NAS is a condition infants suffer soon after birth due to withdrawal after becoming opioid-dependent in the … -
Exploring Missouri's New, Innovative, and Multilayered Health Data Suppression Rules
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In Spring 2017, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MODHSS) launched the Missouri Public Health Information Management System (MOPHIMS) web-based health data platform. Missouri has supported a similar data system since the 1990s,… read more… can be used to create customized datasets that slice and dice up to a dozen demographic and system-specific variables … can be used to create customized datasets that slice and dice up to a dozen demographic and system-specific variables …