Open AccessOverview of Prescription Opioid Deaths in the Oklahoma State Medicaid Population, 2012–2016
Author(s) -
Timothy Pham,
Grant H. Skrepnek,
Christopher Bond,
Thomas Alfieri,
Terry Cothran,
Shellie Keast
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000944
Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , medical prescription , opioid , population , opioid overdose , drug overdose , poison control , opioid use disorder , pharmacy , psychiatry , emergency medicine , (+) naloxone , family medicine , environmental health , pharmacology , health care , receptor , economics , economic growth
Medicaid members are predisposed to unintentional prescription opioid overdose. However, little is known about their individual risk factors.