JAMA Network Open Study
Urine Drug Testing Data Can Provide Timely Estimates of Overdose Death, JAMA Network Open Study Shows
Millennium Health, Ohio State University researchers say drug test data could “close the gap” in the timeliness of reporting overdose mortality
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – June 9, 2025 – The availability of overdose mortality data generally lags by up to 6 months, hindering public health efforts to address the crisis in the present. A study published in JAMA Network Open, co-authored by researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Millennium Health (MH), demonstrates that aggregated urine drug testing data can be used to estimate timely overdose death trends, presenting an opportunity to “close the gap” in reporting recent overdose mortality trends. Read More