Estimated costs of prescription opioid analgesic abuse in the United States in 2001: A societal perspective

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 667-676

  Birnbaum, Howard G ^a   White, Alan G ^a   Reynolds, Jennifer L ^a   Greenberg, Paul E ^a   Zhang, Mingliang ^b   Vallow, Sue ^c   Schein, Jeff R ^c   Katz, Nathaniel P ^d,e  

^a ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Analgesic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct cost; Drug abuse; Economic burden; Indirect cost; Prescription opioid abuse

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748922617     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000210915.80417.cf     Document Type: Article

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