Nonfatal Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE) System

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Summary

The Nonfatal Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE) System captures syndromic surveillance (SYS) data and emergency department and inpatient hospitalization discharge (DIS) data to provide complementary information to understand nonfatal drug overdose trends in the United States.

Agency HHS, CDC
Data Checkup

Historical Data Availability

No Known Issue

Future Data Availability

No Known Issue

Data Quality

No Known Issue

Statutory Context

High Risk
Statutory authorization is vague; authorized under the broader Public Health Service Act.

Staffing and Funding

Moderate Risk
From FY2024 to FY2026, CDC lost about 30% of its workforce. The Division of Overdose Prevention, which provides oversight for this dataset, lost about 16% of its workforce since March 2025.

Policy

No Known Issue
Last updated: 2026-10-19

Details

OMB Control Number 0920-1268
Authorizing Statutes 42 USC 241, 42 USC 280
Related ICRs
Reference Number Title Agency Status Request Type
202504-0920-022 [NCIPC] Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE) HHS/CDC Active
Revision of a currently approved collection
202303-0920-004 [NCIPC] Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE) HHS/CDC Historical Active
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
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