ArticleJournal of health economics2020
How increasing medical access to opioids contributes to the opioid epidemic: Evidence from Medicare Part D.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Assessing the impact of a restrictive opioid prescribing law in West Virginia.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
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Abstract
Drug overdoses involving opioid analgesics have increased dramatically since 1999, representing one of the United States' top public health crises. Opioids have legitimate medical functions, but they are often diverted, suggesting a tradeoff between improving medical access and nonmedical abuse. We provide causal estimates of the relationship between the medical opioid supply and drug overdoses using Medicare Part D as a differential shock to the geographic distribution of opioids. Our estimates imply that a 10% increase in opioid medical supply leads to a 7.1% increase in opioid-related deaths among the Medicare-ineligible population, suggesting substantial diversion from medical markets.
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