We present an analysis of hospitalization rates following opioid and non-pharmacologic treatment among Medicare beneficiaries suffering from chronic back pain. Treatment for chronic back pain …
Introduction: Prescription opioid misuse is a national crisis. Injured children often receive opioid medication at hospital discharge, but the role these prescriptions play in the …
Previous research has suggested caution with opioid analgesic usage in the emergency department (ED) setting and raised concerns about variations in prescription opioid analgesic usage, …
This thesis is a combination of a few threads of inquiry, ranging from an overview of the history and processes in Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), …
Broadly, about half of all individuals with mental illness have a substance use disorder (SUD) and about half of all individuals with a substance use …
Objectives. To better understand how the contextual circumstances and lifestyle of commercial fishermen influence their access to healthcare and potentially contribute to the use and …
Background. Police officers are deeply intertwined with the increasingly devastating overdose epidemic. Police officers engage with people who use drugs (PWUD) in public spaces and …
Abstract of Regular misuse of buprenorphine and methadone among young adults who use prescription opioids non-medically, by Elliott J. Liebling, B.A., Brown University, May 2017 …
Opiate abuse is a major health concern and economic burden on society with overdose deaths rising dramatically in the past decade. Synaptic plasticity within the …
Massachusetts is a national leader introducing innovative policies surrounding the opioid epidemic an effort to reduce overdoses and provide treatment. The commonwealth faces an overwhelming …
Poor health outcomes linked with sickle cell disease (SCD) are directly correlated with disparities in access to healthcare among African Americans and other racial and …
Between 2010 and 2015, opioid-related hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits among U.S. older adults, aged ≥65, increased from 199.3 to 267.6 and 44.7 to …
