A comprehensive approach to address the prescription opioid epidemic in Washington state: Milestones and lessons learned

G. Franklin, J. Sabel, C.M. Jones, J. Mai, C. Baumgartner, C.J. Banta-Green, D. Neven and D.J. Tauben

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 463-469

Abstract: An epidemic of morbidity and mortality has swept across the United States related tothe use of prescription opioids for chronic noncancer pain. More than 100 000 people have died from unintentional overdose, making this one of the worst manmade epidemics in history.

Keywords: narcotic analgesic agent, analgesia; chronic pain; drug overdose; drug use; epidemiology; human; legislation and jurisprudence; medicaid; mortality; practice guideline; Prescription Drug Misuse; procedures; standards; statistics and numerical data; trends; United States, Analgesics, Opioid; Chronic Pain; Drug Overdose; Drug Utilization Review; Humans; Medicaid; Pain Management; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prescription Drug Misuse; United States; Washington (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302367

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