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标题：Merging statewide data in a public/university collaboration to address opioid use disorder and overdose
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作者：William C. Becker ; Robert Heimer ; Catherine M. Dormitzer 等
期刊名称：Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
电子版ISSN：1940-0640
出版年度：2021
卷号：16
期号：1
页码：1-7
DOI：10.1186/s13722-020-00211-9
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Describe methods to compile a unified database from disparate state agency datasets linking person-level data on controlled substance prescribing, overdose, and treatment for opioid use disorder in Connecticut. A multidisciplinary team of university, state and federal agency experts planned steps to build the data analytic system: stakeholder engagement, articulation of metrics, funding to establish the system, determination of needed data, accessing data and merging, and matching patient-level data. Stakeholder meetings occurred over a 6-month period driving selection of metrics and funding was obtained through a grant from the Food and Drug Administration. Through multi-stakeholder collaborations and memoranda of understanding, we identified relevant data sources, merged them and matched individuals across the merged dataset. The dataset contains information on sociodemographics, treatments and outcomes. Step-by-step processes are presented for dissemination. Creation of a unified database linking multiple sources in a timely and ongoing fashion may assist other states to monitor the public health impact of controlled substances, identify and implement interventions, and assess their effectiveness.
关键词：Opioid overdose ; Surveillance ; Informatics ; Opioid use disorder