State Legal Restrictions and Prescription-Opioid Use among Disabled Adults
State Legal Restrictions and Prescription-Opioid Use among Disabled Adults
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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
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English
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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
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In this analysis of Medicare data and a data set of state laws, adoption of legislation to restrict the prescribing and dispensing of opioid medications was not associated with reductions in potentially hazardous use of opioids among disabled Medicare beneficiaries.
States have responded to rising rates of prescription-opioid overdose by adoptin...
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State Legal Restrictions and Prescription-Opioid Use among Disabled Adults
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4985562
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4985562
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
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10.1056/NEJMsa1514387
