Overdose studies of new medication

Causal epidemiology considerations and solutions for studies evaluating impact of Rx drugs in preventing overdose

We want to draw legitimate conclusions about what causes overdoses. We use data sources from electronic health records, insurance claims, vital statistics, and elsewhere to answer fundamental questions about the safety of new medications. But we know that these data sources are imperfect, and that not everything is documented in them with certainty.

So how do we know whether what we are seeing is real?

Code and resources

Detailed study overview at OpioidData.org