The effects of state rules on opioid prescribing in Indiana

• Main Authors: Morhaf Al Achkar (Author), Shaun Grannis (Author), Debra Revere (Author), Palmer MacKie (Author), Meredith Howard (Author), Sumedha Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Prescription opioids have been linked to over half of the 28,000 opioid overdose deaths in 2014. High rates of prescription opioid non-medical use have continued despite nearly all states implementing large-scale prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP), which points to the n...