Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7507030 | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Temporal trends in sales of prescription opioids correlate with trends in opioid related ED visits. The spatial correlation of opioid sales with ED visit rates shows that opioid sales data may be a timely way to identify high-risk communities in the absence of timely ED data.
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Authors
F. Modarai, K. Mack, P. Hicks, S. Benoit, S. Park, C. Jones, S. Proescholdbell, A. Ising, L. Paulozzi,