The Economic Burden of Prescription Opioid Overdose, Abuse, and Dependence in the United States, 2013

IMPORTANCE:It is important to understand the magnitude and distribution of the economic burden of prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence to inform clinical practice, research, and other decision makers. Decision makers choosing approaches to address this epidemic need cost information t...

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Published in:Medical care 2016-10, Vol.54 (10), p.901-906
Main Authors: Florence, Curtis S., Zhou, Chao, Luo, Feijun, Xu, Likang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absenteeism
Clinical medicine
Cost of Illness
Criminal justice
Criminal Law - economics
Criminal Law - statistics & numerical data
Decision making
Drug abuse
Economics
Female
Health care
Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Judicial system
Male
Opioid-Related Disorders - economics
Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Opioid-Related Disorders - mortality
Original Article
Overdose
Prescription Drug Misuse - economics
Prescription Drug Misuse - mortality
Prescription Drug Misuse - statistics & numerical data
Prescription Drug Overuse - economics
Prescription Drug Overuse - statistics & numerical data
Prescription drugs
Public sector
United States - epidemiology
Vital statistics
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