Rural-Urban Differences in Hospitalizations for Opioid Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis in the United States, 2003-2016
Link
Description
Using 2003-2016 National Inpatient Sample data compares
trends between rural and urban populations in
hospitalization for opioid use-associated infective
endocarditis, a serious heart infection that can result
from injection drug use.
Author(s)
E. Katherine Nenninger, Jenny L. Carwile, Katherine A. Ahrens, Brett Armstrong, Kinna Thakarar
Citation
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7(2)
Date
02/2020
Tagged as
Cardiovascular disease
· Illicit drug use
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data