[HTML][HTML] Inches, centimeters, and yards: overlooked definition choices inhibit interpretation of morphine equivalence

N Dasgupta, Y Wang, J Bae, AC Kinlaw… - The Clinical Journal …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Morphine-standardized doses are used in clinical practice and research to
account for molecular potency. Ninety milligrams of morphine equivalents (MME) per day …

Innovations in suicide prevention research (INSPIRE): a protocol for a population-based case–control study

SI Ranapurwala, VE Miller, TS Carey… - Injury …, 2022 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Suicide deaths have been increasing for the past 20 years in the USA resulting
in 45 979 deaths in 2020, a 29% increase since 1999. Lack of data linkage between entities …

Hurricane Florence and suicide mortality in North Carolina: a controlled interrupted time-series analysis

VE Miller, BW Pence, KV Fitch… - Injury …, 2023 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Natural disasters are associated with increased mental health disorders and
suicidal ideation; however, associations with suicide deaths are not well understood. We …

Machine Learning Can Unlock Insights Into Mortality

JC Young, C Pack, TB Gibson… - … Journal of Public …, 2021 - ajph.aphapublications.org
The study of mortality is fundamental in public health research, but our ability to derive
detailed insights is often limited by the practical constraints of the available data. Although …

Distinguishing Death from Disenrollment: Applying a Predictive Algorithm to Reduce Bias in Estimating the Risk of Rehospitalization

J Young, N Dasgupta, K Pack, S Bloemers, T Cooper… - 2022 - cdr.lib.unc.edu
Background: The inability to identify dates of death in several insurance claims data sources
can result in biased estimates when death is a competing event. To address this issue, an …

Overlooked variations in calculating morphine equivalence raises questions of validity in epidemiology studies

N Dasgupta, M Wang, A Kinlaw, B Chidgey, T Cooper… - 2021 - cdr.lib.unc.edu
Background Morphine-standardized analgesic doses account for molecular potency. 90
milligrams of morphine equivalents (MME) per day are considered a “high dose” risk …

An Algorithm to Predict Out-of-Hospital Death Using Insurance Claims Data

J Young, K Pack, T Gibson, F Yoon, B DiPrete, D Irwin… - 2022 - cdr.lib.unc.edu
Slide presentation to accompany manuscript. Background: The inability to identify dates of
death in insurance claims data is a major limitation to retrospective claims-based research …

Four Competing Definitions of Morphine Equivalence Insidiously Inhibit Evidence Synthesis

N Dasgupta, Y Wang, J Bae, A Kinlaw, B Chidgey… - 2021 - cdr.lib.unc.edu
Background: Morphine-standardized analgesic doses are used in clinical practice and
research to account for molecular potency. 90 milligrams of morphine equivalents (MME) per …

[PDF][PDF] Supplement 1. Verbatim MME calculation methods from studies cited in the CDC pain Guideline1, identified from a previous methods review. 2 Inches …

N Dasgupta, Y Wang, J Bae, A Kinlaw, BA Chidgey… - cdn-links.lww.com
Dunn et al. 9 (2010): We then calculated the average daily morphine equivalent dose
dispensed for 90-day exposure windows by adding the morphine equivalents for the …

Death ORACL: Death in Observational Research, an Algorithm for CLaims

JC Young, K Pack, TB Gibson, F Yoon, B DiPrete… - 2022 - cdr.lib.unc.edu
The inability to identify dates of death in insurance claims data is the United States is a major
limitation to retrospective claims-based research. While deaths result in disenrollment …