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Table 1 Data sources relevant to opioid-related overdoses

From: Merging statewide data in a public/university collaboration to address opioid use disorder and overdose

 

Data elements

Dataset

Stakeholder

Exposures

Controlled substance prescriptions (opioid analgesics, methadone, and benzodiazepines)

Connecticut Prescription Monitoring and Reporting System (CPMRS)

Department of Consumer Protection

Buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD)

CPMRS

Department of Consumer Protection

OUD treatment, including methadone from opiate treatment programs

 

Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Incarceration periods, methadone for OUD

 

Department of Correction

Outcomes

Fatal opioid overdoses

 

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses

ChimeData

Connecticut Hospital Association

Out of hospital opioid overdoses

 

Department of Public Health/Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection