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Westmoreland County Root Cause Analysis
2013
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Overdose Deaths
• Westmoreland residents January 2012 to March 2013 (15 months) – Coroner’s Report
• l00 individuals accidently overdosed and died in Westmoreland County
• Not including survivors, deaths outside of County borders or intentional deaths
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Coroner Reports 71% of the time the overdose incident
occurred at the individual’s residence
Most other locations included hotel rooms and homes of friends or family members
Only 9 were reported by family members to have a history of previous overdoses
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GENDER
Female32%
Male68%
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RACE
Black2%
Hispanic1%
White97%
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Age Ranges(Coroner’s Reports)
<15 15-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 70>0
5
10
15
20
25
30
02
2119
25 26
6
1
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Causes By Age Range
<15 15-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 70>
prescription 0 0 3 4 18 18 4 1
illicit drugs 0 3 9 6 3 3 0 0
both 0 0 6 9 2 2 1 0
unknown 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0
13579
1113151719
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Westmoreland CountyLegal Histories
Of the 100 individuals:65 had legal charges in Westmoreland County
Of the 65 with legal charges: 18% had only charges related to substance
abuse 18% had only other charges 64% had both substance abuse related and
other charges 58% were incarcerated in Westmoreland Co.
prison at least once 21% were incarcerated 4 or more times
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Westmoreland Charges
SA only 18%
Other only 18%
Both 64%
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MA Eligible(at some point in life)
Of the 100: 68 had Medical Assistance (MA) Healthcare Coverage at some point
Of the 68: 61 individuals (90%) used their MA coverage for mental health or substance abuse services or prescribed medications (PH/MH/SA)
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MA Eligible (at some point in their life)
<15 15-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 70>0
5
10
15
20
25
0 0
14
17
20
15
200
2
7
2
5
11
4
1
MANon MA
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Treatment HistoryOf the 68 who had MA coverage:
55 accessed mental health or substance abuse treatment between 2001 and 2013 (80%)
13 never accessed treatment services (20%)
Of the 55 who received treatment 11 individuals accessed substance abuse treatment
funding through the SCA
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Treatment HistoryOf the 55 receiving treatment through MA or SCA
funds:
25 of these individuals received both substance abuse and mental health treatment (45% Dual)
22 received only mental health treatment services (39%)
9 received only substance abuse treatment services (16%)
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MA & SCA Funded Treatment
Both 45%
SA only 16%
MH only 39%
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MedicationsOf the 68 MA eligible individuals:
• 42 of individuals used MA to cover prescribed medications (62%)
Of those 42 individuals : 98% were prescribed medication that
could be addictive
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Medications
Duplicative Individuals
93% were prescribed medications for physical health issues
93% were prescribed medications for mental health issues
24% were prescribed medications to address substance abuse issues
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Case Studies