Cost savings from averted prescription opioidattributable dental diseases in the United States between 2013 and 2019

Introduction Between 2013 and 2019, opioid prescriptions in the US declined by about 7% per year. However, little is known about the health and economic impacts of this decline on common dental diseases in adults (i.e. periodontitis, untreated dental caries and edentulism). We sought to assess relat...

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Main Authors: Daniel Erim, Enihomo Obadan-Udoh, Israel Agaku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2021-05-01
Series:Population Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.populationmedicine.eu/Cost-savings-from-averted-prescription-opioidattributable-dental-diseases-in-the,136488,0,2.html