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Utah Emergency Medical Service Discharges Attributed to Opiate Use For Record Years 1998-2006.

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1 Utah Emergency Medical Service Discharges Attributed to Opiate Use For Record Years 1998-2006

2 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

3 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

4 8,522 individuals over 9 year period Year Opiate Related Diagnoses All ER Visits 1998602392712 1999649415331 2000742454500 2001878442264 20021077446769 20031145458316 20041131450574 20051240474284 20061281525056

5 Patient Level Visit Distribution

6 Utah Emergency Discharge Records with Opiate Related Diagnoses Adjusted for Gender Population

7 Utah Emergency Discharge Records with Opiate Related Diagnoses Adjusted for Age Group Population

8 Utah Emergency Discharge Records with Opiate Related Diagnoses by Local Health District Visits per 100,000 district residents

9 Utah Emergency Discharge Records with Opiate Related Diagnoses by Local Health District

10 Utah Controlled Substance Data Base Prescribed Opiates


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