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    Heroin in Transition Study (HIT)

    Authors
    Daniel Ciccarone
    George J. Unick
    Jenny K. Cohen
    Sarah G. Mars
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    Description

    Dataset comprises hospitalization rates for opioid injection-related skin and soft-tissue infections (O-SSTI) correlated with changes in the price and purity of heroin for the years 1993 through 2010, inclusive. Data is derived from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) System to Retrieve Information from...

    Subject
    Substance-Related Disorders