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- Opioid overdose deaths have been rising steadily over the past decade in RI, and although deaths have decreased slightly over the past year, there were still 314 opioid overdose deaths in 2018.(1) There are three papers included in this thesis: a spatial analysis of resources, a policy and literature review, and an overview of the populations served by opioid use disorder rehabilitation resources. The objective of the spatial study is to identify the regions of RI with the greatest need for opioid emergency response and rehabilitation resources. Using geographic information system (GIS), we identify areas in RI with high overdose rates and that are far away from emergency departments, and areas with high rates of treatment admissions that are far away from Centers of Excellence (COEs) which provide effective medication-assisted treatment (MAT). The literature review evaluates present and future actions and policies to combat the epidemic. The overview of populations served by rehabilitation services includes descriptive statistics for the initial admission of all individuals admitted for opioid use and served during the fiscal years 2012-2016 by licensed behavioral healthcare organizations in the Behavioral Health On-line Database (BHOLD) for Rhode Island (N =14,875), examining various demographic characteristics by fiscal year and treatment program. These three papers together aim to learn more about populations which use opioid disorder resources, evaluate the accessibility of these resources by spatial analysis, and examine current and future actions to decrease opioid abuse in RI.
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- Thesis (M. P. H.)--Brown University, 2019
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Schneider, Rachel,
"An Evaluation of Current Resources and Policies to Combat the Opioid Crisis in RI"
(2019).
Public Health Theses and Dissertations.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/j0h2-nz49
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