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Understanding the Short- and Long-term Effects of Disasters and other Big Events on the Overdose Crisis

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Page last updated December 15, 2025

Study Design: Retrospective Observational Study
PCORnet Infrastructure: Common Data Model (CDM), Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Magdalena Cerdá
Institution: New York University Langone Health
PCORnet® Network Partner: INSIGHT
Funder: NIDA
Funding Date: 2023
Study Duration: 2023 – 2028
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: GPC, INSIGHT, OneFlorida+, PaTH, PEDSnet, REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Infectious Disease
Condition: COVID-19, Opioid Use
Population: 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult )
Status: Active, not recruiting

Research Question(s):

  1. Did a community rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths contribute to an increase in the risk of overdose among PCORnet patients?
  2. What role did public health and economic policies enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic play in explaining whether a rise in community COVID-19 burden contributed to a rise in overdose?
  3. Did the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on overdose depend on the socioeconomic, social, and policy characteristics the community had in place prior to the pandemic?