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Health, Costs, and Injection-Related Infections at a Hypothetical Overdose Prevention Center.
Pranav Padmanabhan, Yjuliana Tin, Samantha K Nall, Alia Al-Tayyib, Theodore Yoder, Kristina Yamkovoy, Kevin Fotso, Paul J Christine, Cole Jurecka, Lisa Raville, Danielle M Kline, Joshua A Barocas
Published: 202610.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.55965
Abstract
Importance: While the impact of overdose prevention centers (OPCs) on fatal overdose, HIV, and hepatitis C is well-characterized, the long-term clinical and cost impact on injection-related infections is unknown, and empirical data from the US are li…
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