The economic cost and spatial diffusion of the opioid crisis, 2009 to 2018

Alex Brill and Scott Ganz
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Alex Brill: American Enterprise Institute
Scott Ganz: American Enterprise Institute

AEI Economic Perspectives, 2020

Abstract: Recent data show a small decline in opioid-related mortality following a decade during which opioid-related mortality more than doubled to nearly 53,000 in 2018. However, the aggregate statistics mask important spatial and temporal trends in the data. This report estimates nationwide, regional, and county-level economic costs associated with the opioid crisis.

Keywords: AEI Economic Perspectives; Opioid Crisis; Opioids (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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