Article
Spatial point pattern analysis of prehospital naloxone administrations
2017-01-17
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Objectives</h4> The increasing problem in the United States with opioid dependence and overdose, often fatal, is well-recognized. As naloxone has only one clinical use—the treatment of opioid overdose—its administration by EMS personnel can serve as a surveillance indicator for opioid overdose. This study uses specific locations of EMS calls, and methods of point pattern analysis, to detect overall spatial cl...
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- Literature Corpus work
- dd840597-4800-5fe4-b31f-28b1a94d8f4e
- DOI
- 10.1101/100412
