Introduction Opioid overdose deaths quintupled in Massachusetts between 2000 and 2016.
Potentially inappropriate opioid prescribing practices (PIP) are associated with increases in …

Background Opioid-overdose deaths and opioid prescriptions have increased substantially
within the past decade, leading to examinations of urban-rural differences for these opioid …

Introduction Not enough is known about the epidemiology of opioid poisoning to tailor
interventions to help address the growing opioid crisis in the US The objective of this study is …

Opioid overprescribing is a major driver of the current opioid overdose epidemic. However,
annual opioid prescribing in the USA dropped from 782 to 640 morphine milligram …

Objective To identify the relationships between county-level area deprivation and patterns of
both opioid prescriptions and drug-poisoning mortality. Design, setting and participants For …

Objectives: Opioid-related mortality has increased in the United States in the past decade.
The purpose of this study was to examine trends and regional variation in opioid prescribing …

Background Rising opioid-related death rates have prompted reductions of opioid
prescribing, yet limited data exist on population-level associations between opioid …

Importance Risk of opioid use disorder, overdose, and death from prescription opioids
increases as dosage, duration, and use of extended-release and long-acting formulations …

Abstract Introduction: From 2015 to 2016, opioid overdose deaths increased 27.7%,
indicating a worsening of the opioid overdose epidemic and highlighting the importance of …

Objectives To examine the relationship between prescription opioid rates and prescription
opioid overdose deaths using spatial cluster and regression analyses. Methods Publicly …