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Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 1/2019

20.09.2018 | Concise Research Reports

Early Medicaid Expansions and Drug Overdose Mortality in the USA: a Quasi-experimental Analysis

verfasst von: Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD, Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 1/2019

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Excerpt

The widespread availability of prescription and illicit opioids is thought to be a key driver of the rise in drug overdose mortality in the USA.1 The role of health insurance in increasing access to prescription opioids has thus emerged as a key policy issue. Policymakers and commentators have raised concerns that Medicaid expansions—such as those implemented as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—may have caused the rise in drug overdose mortality, citing more deaths from drug overdose in states that expanded Medicaid versus those that did not.2
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Metadaten
Titel
Early Medicaid Expansions and Drug Overdose Mortality in the USA: a Quasi-experimental Analysis
verfasst von
Atheendar S. Venkataramani, MD, PhD
Paula Chatterjee, MD, MPH
Publikationsdatum
20.09.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4664-7

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