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Heroin Overdose Hospitalization Risk due to Prescription Opioids using PDMP in WI.
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Nationally and in Wisconsin, heroin is the leading cause of opioid related death and hospitalization. Opioids are commonly prescribed for pain. Every day, over 1,000 people are treated in emergency departments for misusing prescription opioids. In… read more… prescription opioids. In 2015, more than 15,000 people died from overdoses involving prescription opioids. … prescription opioids. In 2015, more than 15,000 people died from overdoses involving prescription opioids. … Heroin Overdose Hospitalization Risk due to Prescription Opioids using PDMP in WI. … -
Prescription Opioid Abuse: Gleaning insights from hospital and vital records data
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There is a resurgence in the need to evaluate the economic burden of prescription drug hospitalizations in the United States. We used the Wisconsin 2014 Hospital Discharge data to examine opioid related hospitalization incidence and costs. Fentanyl… read more… paper we used hospital charges to assess costs incurred due to prescription drug/opioid hospitalizations 5 views … paper we used hospital charges to assess costs incurred due to prescription drug/opioid hospitalizations …