Health, Costs, and Injection-Related Infections at a Hypothetical Overdose Prevention Center

Key Points

• Implementing a single overdose prevention center significantly decreases injection-related infections and hospitalizations.
• The simulation modeling indicates a reduction in costs and deaths associated with drug use among people who inject drugs.
• Analysis highlights the potential effectiveness of overdose prevention centers in improving health outcomes.
• The findings may enable better policy decisions to address drug-related health crises in urban areas.