Statistical Analysis of County-Level Contributing Factors to Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths in the United States

This paper examines county-level characteristic factors contributing to opioid-related overdose deaths in the United States. We categorized factors into three groups: demographic, socio-economic, and health care environmental group. These features were used as predictors to model the overdose deaths...

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Main Authors: Kim, Haedong, Yang, Hui
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
County-Level Features
Demand-Side Analysis
Opioid Epidemic
Social Determinants
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Summary:This paper examines county-level characteristic factors contributing to opioid-related overdose deaths in the United States. We categorized factors into three groups: demographic, socio-economic, and health care environmental group. These features were used as predictors to model the overdose deaths from all types of opioids including prescription (e.g., oxycodone and hydrocodone) and illicit opioids (e.g., heroin and fentanyl) to investigate general trend, as well as separate models for heroin and fentanyl. Multilevel mixed-effect regression was adopted to adequately model grouping effect across counties.
ISSN:1558-4615
2694-0604
DOI:10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176465