The use of chronic opioid therapy (COT) for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) has increased
dramatically in the past two decades. There has also been a marked increase in the abuse …

Objective. The abuse of prescription drugs has increased dramatically since 1990. Persons
who overdose on such drugs frequently consume large doses and visit multiple providers …

Background: Opioid prescribing for noncancer pain has increased dramatically. We
examined whether the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles, psychologic distress, health care …

Objective Improved methods to identify nonmedical opioid use can help direct health care
resources to individuals who need them. Automated algorithms that use large databases of …

Objective To assess the feasibility of using medical and prescription drug claims data to
develop models that identify patients at risk for prescription opioid abuse or misuse. Study …

Objectives To estimate the frequency and characteristics of opioid prescribing by multiple
providers in Medicare and the association with hospital admissions related to opioid use …

Objective Prescription opioid abuse and addiction are serious problems with growing
societal and medical costs, resulting in billions of dollars of excess costs to private and …

Recent state-based studies have shown an increased risk of opioid overdose death in
Medicaid populations. To explore one side of risk, this study examines indicators of potential …

Background Abuse of prescription opioid analgesics is a serious threat to public health,
resulting in rising numbers of overdose deaths and admissions to emergency departments …

We investigate the role of person-and place-specific factors in the opioid epidemic by
develo** and estimating a dynamic model of prescription opioid abuse. We estimate the …