Trends in North Carolina Hospital Use Related to Prescription Opioid and Heroin Poisoning, 2012-2015
In a companion findings brief, we described how using hospital claims data corresponding to both emergency department and inpatient visits can lend a broader lens to the opioid epidemic in North Carolina. The brief focused on fiscal year 2015. This finding brief expands on the same source of data and reviews trends in hospital use related to opioid poisonings from FY 2012 to FY 2015.