Surveillance of methadone‐related poisonings in Kentucky using multiple data sources

The methadone poisoning death rate for Kentucky in the year 2005 was the sixth highest in the US and increased 17‐fold from 1999 to 2005. The purpose of this study was to identify and characterize methadone related poisonings in Kentucky using multiple data sources: inpatient hospitalization discharge data, poison control center data, vital statistics mortality data, and Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER) data.

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