Predicting accidental drug overdose as the cause of fatality in near real-time using the Suspected Potential Overdose Tracker (SPOT): public health implications

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作者
Hochstatter, Karli R. [1 ,2 ]
Rastogi, Sonal [3 ,4 ]
Klein, Kathryn [3 ,4 ]
Tait-Ozer, Cameron [3 ,4 ]
El-Bassel, Nabila [1 ]
Graham, Jason [4 ,5 ]
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[1] Columbia Univ, Sch Social Work, 622 W 113th St, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Friends Res Inst Inc, Baltimore, MD USA
[3] New York New Jersey High Intens Drug Trafficking, New York, NY USA
[4] New York City Off Chief Med Examiner, New York, NY USA
[5] NYU, Grossman Sch Med, New York, NY USA
关键词
Overdose death; Overdose surveillance; Overdose prediction tool; Opioids; POSITION PAPER RECOMMENDATIONS; MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATHS; CERTIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS; STATES;
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10.1186/s12889-022-13700-0
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background Effective responses to the worsening drug overdose epidemic require accurate and timely drug overdose surveillance data. The objectives of this paper are to describe the development, functionality, and accuracy of the Suspected Potential Overdose Tracker (SPOT) for predicting accidental drug overdose as the cause and manner of death in near real-time, and public health implications of adopting the tool. Methods SPOT was developed to rapidly identify overdose deaths through a simple and duplicable process using data collected by death investigators. The tool assigns each death a ranking of 1 through 3 based on the likelihood of it being an unintentional drug overdose, with 1 representing the highest likelihood that the death will be confirmed as an unintentional drug overdose and 3 representing the lowest. We measured the accuracy of the tool for predicting overdose deaths by comparing potential overdose deaths in New York City from 2018-2020 that were identified using SPOT to finalized death certificates. We also calculated the proportion of death certificate-confirmed overdoses that were missed by the SPOT tool and the proportion of type 1 errors. Results SPOT captured up to 77% of unintentional drug overdose deaths using data collected within 72 h of fatality. The tool predicted unintentional drug overdose from 2018 to 2020 with 93-97% accuracy for cases assigned a ranking of 1, 87-91% accuracy for cases assigned a ranking of 2, and 62-73% accuracy for cases assigned a ranking of 3. Among all unintentional overdose deaths in 2018, 2019, and 2020, 21%, 28%, and 33% were missed by the SPOT tool, respectively. During this timeframe, the proportion of type 1 errors ranged from 15%-23%. Conclusions SPOT may be used by health departments, epidemiologists, public health programs, and others to monitor overdose fatalities before death certificate data becomes available. Improved monitoring of overdose fatalities allows for rapid data-driven decision making, identification of gaps in public health and public safety overdose response, and evaluation and response to overdose prevention interventions, programs, and policies.
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