USA. Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses - Internet queries about opioids are linked to drug-related hospital admissions.
USA. Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses - Internet queries about opioids are linked to drug-related hospital admissions.
About 115 people nationwide die every day from opioid overdoses, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A lack of timely, granular data exacerbates the crisis; one study showed opioid deaths were undercounted by as many as 70,000 between 1999 and 2015, making it difficult for governments to respond. But now Internet searches have emerged as a data source to predict overdose clusters in cities or even specific neighborhoods—information that could aid local interventions that save lives. (Scientific American, 07.12.2018)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/google-searches-could-predict-heroin-overdoses/