Harvard Pop Center faculty member Elissa R. Weitzman, ScD, is author of a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine that calls for additional research about this alarming trend in order to develop and deploy interventions aimed at protecting this vulnerable population. Mei-Sing Ong is also an author on the study.
Nearly 30% of opioid prescriptions in U.S. found to lack clinical justification
Learn more about a study by Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nicole Maestas, PhD, and colleagues in this Harvard Medical School news piece and in the press.
Study identifies congressional districts in the U.S. with higher opioid prescription rates
Harvard Pop Center postdoctoral research fellow Lyndsey Rolheiser, PhD, along with faculty member SV Subramanian, PhD, and a colleague have published a study in the American Journal of Public Health that has found higher opioid prescription rate districts in the southeast, Appalachia and the rural west. This insight into how the congressional districts rank could provide useful data to help shape public policies and targeted programs. Learn more… Harvard Public Health…