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National Increase but Pronounced Regional Disparities in Naloxone Prescribing to United States Medicaid and Medicare Patients

2023-05-24

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<h4>Background</h4> Opioid overdoses in the US have increased to unprecedented levels. Administration of the opioid antagonist naloxone can prevent overdoses. This study was conducted to reveal the pharmacoepidemiologic patterns in naloxone prescribing to Medicaid patients from 2018-2021 as well as Medicare in 2019. <h4>Methods</h4> The Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data File was utilized to extract information...

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10.1101/2023.05.17.23290119
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