Direct Costs of Opioid Abuse in an Insured Population in the United States
Journal of Managed Care PharmacyPublished 1 July 2005Open access
Alan G. White, Howard G. Birnbaum, Milena N. Mareva, Maham Daher, Susan Vallow, Jeff Schein
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The high costs of opioid abuse were driven primarily by high prevalence rates of costly comorbidites and high utilization rates of medical services and prescription drugs.
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