Linkage of VA and State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Data to Examine Concurrent Opioid and Sedative-Hypnotic Prescriptions among Veterans.

Kathleen F CarlsonTess A GilbertBenjamin J MorascoDagan WrightJoshua Van OtterlooAldona HerrndorfLawrence J Cook

Published in: Health services research (2018)

A considerable proportion of post-9/11 veterans receiving VA care in Oregon filled concurrent prescriptions for opioids and sedative-hypnotics. Fragmentation of care may contribute to prescription drug overdose risk among veterans.

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