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MDAC: Insights into the Epidemiology of Deaths of Despair - Mark Olfson (Columbia University)

MDAC: Insights into the Epidemiology of Deaths of Despair - Mark Olfson (Columbia University.

Mark Olfson presents work that he has completed using the MDAC database for his research on the epidemiology of deaths of despair: suicide, drug overdose and chronic liver disease.

He discusses advantages in using the MDAC database for this research.

His focus is on issues of socioeconomic status and the role of and the relationship between low educational attainment, employment and low income separated and of course marital status and relationship to these deaths of despair.

Topics > Research > Mortality Disparities in American Communities

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