Differences in Opioid Overdose Mortality Rates Among Middle-Aged Adults by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, 1999-2018.

Rachel A HoopsickGregory G HomishKenneth E Leonard

Published in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2020)

Policy making should consider unique subgroup risks and alternative trajectories of opioid use other than people being prescribed opioids, developing opioid use disorder, subsequently moving to heroin, and then to fentanyl.

Keyphrases

middle aged
chronic pain
pain management
public health
healthcare
cardiovascular events
depressive symptoms
human health
mental health
risk factors
phase iii
risk assessment
randomized controlled trial
climate change