Open AccessEffects of County-Level Opioid Dispensing Rates on Individual-Level Patterns of Prescription Opioid and Heroin Consumption: Evidence From National U.S. Data
Author(s) -
Mike Vuolo,
Brian C. Kelly
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the american journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.477
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1535-7228
pISSN - 0002-953X
DOI - 10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21060602
Subject(s) - heroin , medical prescription , medicine , opioid , odds , opioid overdose , prescription drug misuse , controlled substance , odds ratio , demography , psychiatry , drug , logistic regression , (+) naloxone , opioid use disorder , pharmacology , receptor , sociology
The authors examined directly whether county-level changes in opioid dispensing rates affect individual-level prescription opioid misuse, frequency of use, and dependence, as well as the same outcomes for heroin.