Open AccessState Opioid Limits and Volume of Opioid Prescriptions Received by Medicaid Patients
Author(s) -
Hao Zhang,
Srikar Tallavajhala,
Shashi N Kapadia,
Philip J. Jeng,
Yuyan Shi,
Hefei Wen,
Yuhua Bao
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000001411
Subject(s) - medicaid , opioid , medical prescription , medicine , opioid epidemic , emergency medicine , family medicine , nursing , health care , political science , receptor , law
Since early 2016, an increasing number of states passed legislations that limit the duration and/or dosage of initial opioid prescriptions or opioids for acute pain.