Analysis of psychiatrists’ prescription of opioid, benzodiazepine, and buprenorphine in Medicare Part D in the United States

Abstract Introduction The opioid epidemic is a severe problem in the world, especially in the United States, where prescription opioid overdose accounts for a quarter of drug overdose deaths. Objective To describe psychiatrists’ prescription of opioid, benzodiazepine, and buprenorphine in the Un...

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Main Authors: Kevin Pan, Shawgi Silver, Charles Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892020000100048&lng=en&tlng=en