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Using synthetic populations to understand geospatial patterns in opioid related overdose and predicted opioid misuse

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  • Savannah Bates

    (North Carolina State University)

  • Vasiliy Leonenko

    (ITMO University)

  • James Rineer

    (RTI International)

  • Georgiy Bobashev

    (RTI International)

Abstract

Ohio is leading the nation in an epidemic of overdose deaths, most of which are caused by opioids. Through this study we estimate associations between opioid drug overdoses measured as EMS calls and model-predicted drug misuse. The RTI-developed synthetic population statistically represents every household in Cincinnati and allows one to develop a geographically explicit model that links Cincinnati EMS data, and other datasets. From the publicly available National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), we developed a model of opioid misuse and assigned probability of misuse to each synthetic individual. We then analyzed EMS overdose data in the context of local level misuse and demographic characteristics. The main results show locations where there is a dramatic variation in ratio values between overdose events and the number of misusers. We concluded that, for optimal efficacy, intervention strategies should consider the existence of exceptional geographic locations with extremely high or low values of this ratio.

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  • Savannah Bates & Vasiliy Leonenko & James Rineer & Georgiy Bobashev, 2019. "Using synthetic populations to understand geospatial patterns in opioid related overdose and predicted opioid misuse," Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, Springer, vol. 25(1), pages 36-47, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:comaot:v:25:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1007_s10588-018-09281-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s10588-018-09281-2
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    1. Sauer, Jeffery & Stewart, Kathleen, 2023. "Geographic information science and the United States opioid overdose crisis: A scoping review of methods, scales, and application areas," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 317(C).
    2. Nicole J. Johnson & Caterina G. Roman & Alyssa K. Mendlein & Courtney Harding & Melissa Francis & Laura Hendrick, 2020. "Exploring the Influence of Drug Trafficking Gangs on Overdose Deaths in the Largest Narcotics Market in the Eastern United States," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-21, November.

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