Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Prescription Drug Abuse
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Mandatory use of prescription drug monitoring programs.
The United States is in themidst of a prescription opioid overdose and abuse epidemic. The rate of fatal prescription drug overdoses involving opioids almost quadrupled from 1.4 deaths/100 000 people in 1999 to 5.4 deaths/100 000 people in 2011.1 The rate of emergency department visits involving prescription drug misuse—primarily of opioid, antianxiety, and insomnia medications—more than double...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0276-8739,1520-6688
DOI: 10.1002/pam.22098