Mortality among older adults with opioid use disorders in the Veteran's Health Administration, 2000–2011

Highlights • We examined mortality in older (>50 years) adults with opioid use disorders. • Drug-related and traumatic mortality rates among older adults with OUD did not decline with age, and were augmented by chronic disease deaths. • Health care for this group requires interventions to address...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2015-02, Vol.147, p.32-37
Main Authors: Larney, Sarah, Bohnert, Amy S.B, Ganoczy, Dara, Ilgen, Mark A, Hickman, Matthew, Blow, Fred C, Degenhardt, Louisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Aging - pathology
Aging - psychology
Drug Overdose - diagnosis
Drug Overdose - mortality
Drug Overdose - psychology
Female
Hepatitis C virus
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
Mortality - trends
Opioid dependence
Opioid-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Opioid-Related Disorders - mortality
Opioid-Related Disorders - psychology
Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Time Factors
United States - epidemiology
United States Department of Veterans Affairs - trends
Veterans
Veterans - psychology
Veterans Health - trends
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • We examined mortality in older (>50 years) adults with opioid use disorders. • Drug-related and traumatic mortality rates among older adults with OUD did not decline with age, and were augmented by chronic disease deaths. • Health care for this group requires interventions to address opioid-related mortality risk, as well as general geriatric care.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.019