Utah Emergency Medical Service Discharges Attributed to Opiate Use

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Utah Emergency Medical Service Discharges
Attributed to Opiate Use

• For Record Years 1998-2006

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Emergency Department Patient Data Base

• Licensed hospital facilities that provide
  emergency medical services
• A patient data record is submitted for each
  encounter
• All hospitals report complete billing, medical,
  and personal information describing a patient,
  the services received, and charges billed for a
  single emergency department patient encounter

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Selection Criteria

• ICD-9 Coding
• Poisoning by opiates and related narcotics
• Accidental poisoning by opiates and related
  narcotics
• Adverse effects of opiates in therapeutic use
• Excludes diagnoses attributed to heroin use
• Excludes diagnoses identified as suicide

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8,522 individuals over 9 year period
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Patient Level Visit Distribution
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Utah Emergency Discharge Records with Opiate
Related Diagnoses Adjusted for Gender Population
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Utah Emergency Discharge Records with Opiate
Related Diagnoses Adjusted for Age Group
Population
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Utah Emergency Discharge Records with Opiate
Related Diagnoses by Local Health District
Visits per 100,000 district residents
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Utah Emergency Discharge Records with Opiate
Related Diagnoses by Local Health District
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Utah Controlled Substance Data Base Prescribed
Opiates