Journal article
Mortality among older adults with opioid use disorders in the Veteran's Health Administration, 2000-2011
Sarah Larney, Amy SB Bohnert, Dara Ganoczy, Mark A Ilgen, Matthew Hickman, Fred C Blow, Louisa Degenhardt
Drug and Alcohol Dependence | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The population of people with opioid use disorders (OUD) is aging. There has been little research on the effects of aging on mortality rates and causes of death in this group. We aimed to compare mortality in older (≥ 50 years of age) adults with OUD to that in younger (<50 years) adults with OUD and older adults with no history of OUD. We also examined risk factors for specific causes of death in older adults with OUD. METHODS: Using data from the Veteran's Health Administration National Patient Care Database (2000-2011), we compared all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates in older adults with OUD to those in younger adults with OUD and older adults without OUD. We then gen..
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Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Research Fellowships
Awarded by National Institute of Aging
Awarded by Medical Research Council
Awarded by National Institute for Health Research
Awarded by NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
Funding Acknowledgements
SL and LD are supported by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Research Fellowships (APP1035149 and APP1041742, respectively). ASSB and DG were supported by National Institute of Aging grant R03 AG042899. The National Drug and Alcohol Research Center at the University of New South Wales is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvements Grants Fund.