{"id":9638,"date":"2022-10-24T14:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=9638"},"modified":"2022-10-24T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:29:07","slug":"virginia-department-of-health-and-virginia-commonwealth-university-partner-to-launch-an-opioid-cost-calculator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/public-relations-contacts\/archived-news-releases\/2022-news-releases\/virginia-department-of-health-and-virginia-commonwealth-university-partner-to-launch-an-opioid-cost-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Commonwealth University Partner to Launch an Opioid Cost Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0October 24, 2022<br \/>\n<strong>Media Contacts:<br \/>\n<\/strong>VDH: Brookie Crawford, <a href=\"mailto:brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov\">brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><br \/>\nVCU: Sarah Blackburn, <a href=\"mailto:sarah.blackburn@vcuhealth.org\">sarah.blackburn@vcuhealth.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Commonwealth University Partner to Launch an Opioid Cost Calculator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RICHMOND, VA<\/strong> \u2014 The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health collaborated on the development of an <a href=\"https:\/\/costofaddictionvirginia.com\/\">opioid cost calculator<\/a>. The calculator presents cost estimates of how much the opioid epidemic impacts Virginians in multiple categories: lost labor, healthcare, crime, household costs, state costs, and federal costs.<\/p>\n<p>The data from the calculator paints a more complete picture of the devastating impact of the opioid epidemic in Virginia.\u00a0 It will also be useful in supporting ongoing efforts for prevention and reduction activities at the state and local levels, and in moving toward large-scale systemic change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding the impact of opioid addiction is a crucial step,\u201d said <strong>State Health Commissioner Colin M. Greene, MD, MPH<\/strong>. \u201cWith this understanding, we move closer to change that will help reduce and prevent opioid-related addiction, injury, and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe staggering costs associated with the opioid crisis in Virginia underscore the value of a comprehensive strategy that combines downstream interventions (e.g., emergency care for overdoses, addiction counseling) with upstream efforts (e.g., economic relief to distressed communities, stronger social services and support systems for those in need) to ease the conditions that fuel drug use,\u201d said <strong>Interim Director of the VCU Center on Society and Health Derek Chapman, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2020, an average of more than four Virginians died of an opioid drug overdose every day.\u00a0 The cost calculator shows us that the overall cost of the epidemic in 2020 was $3.5 billion.\u00a0 The cost calculator not only shows the overall cost of the epidemic in Virginia in total dollars, but also broken down by sector (labor, health care, crime), payer (households, state\/local government, federal government), and locality (counties and independent cities).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, this data is also available in easy-to-use data visualizations and downloadable reports and data tables.<\/p>\n<p>This project was funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/drugoverdose\/od2a\/index.html\">Overdose Data to Action<\/a> (OD2A) initiative to prevent and reduce drug overdose deaths in Virginia through a series of surveillance and prevention strategies.<\/p>\n<p>VDH remains committed to preventing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/opioid-data\/\">injury<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/opioid-data\/deaths\/\">death<\/a>, and infectious disease from drug overdose and substance use; and using data and public health surveillance to inform prevention and response efforts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0# # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &#8212;\u00a0October 24, 2022 Media Contacts: VDH: Brookie Crawford, brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov VCU: Sarah Blackburn, sarah.blackburn@vcuhealth.org Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Commonwealth University Partner to Launch an Opioid Cost Calculator RICHMOND, VA \u2014 The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health collaborated on the development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":0,"parent":8243,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[198],"class_list":["post-9638","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-opioids"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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