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

Abstract 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 acc...

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Main Authors: Karli R. Hochstatter, Sonal Rastogi, Kathryn Klein, Cameron Tait-Ozer, Nabila El-Bassel, Jason Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13700-0