Receipt of multiple outpatient opioid prescriptions is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes in youth: opioid prescribing trends, individual characteristics, and outcomes from 2005 to 2016 - Pielech M, Kruger E, Rivers WE, Snow HE, Vowles KE.

Data on all outpatient opioid prescriptions (N = 71,647) to youth below age 21 (N = 42,020) from 2005 to 2016 were extracted from electronic medical records within a university hospital system in New Mexico (NM) as were demographic details and markers of m...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news