Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

January 22, 2021

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unintentional Fatal and Nonfatal Emergency Medical Services–Attended Opioid Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia

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A cross-sectional study in Philadelphia found that the beginning of the city’s stay-at-home order on March 23, 2020 was associated a 52% increase in opioid overdose among non-Hispanic Black individuals but a 24% decrease among non-Hispanic white people. Researchers compared mean counts of fatal opioid overdoses in the 3 months after the beginning of Philadelphia’s stay-at-home order to 3 months before and the same 3-month period the year prior.

Khatri et al. (Jan 21, 2021). Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unintentional Fatal and Nonfatal Emergency Medical Services–Attended Opioid Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34878