Published 2023-06-01
“…Margaret A Turk,1 Suzanne McDermott,2 Wanfang Zhang,3 Bo Cai,3 Bryan L Love,4 NaTasha Hollis5,6 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, State University of New York (SUNY)
Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2Department of Environmental, Occupational, and Geospatial Health Sciences, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, New York, NY, USA; 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; 4Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Science, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, SC, USA; 5Disability and Health Promotion Branch, Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; 6U.S Public Health Service, Atlanta, GA, USACorrespondence: Suzanne McDermott, Department of Environmental, Occupational, and Geospatial Health Sciences, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY, 10027, USA, Tel +1 646 364 9649, Email Suzanne.McDermott@sph.cuny.eduPurpose: To investigate the association of filling opioid prescriptions with healthcare service utilization among a nationally representative sample of adults with disability.Materials and Methods: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) for 2010– 2015, Panels 15– 19, was used to identify adults who were prescribed opioids during each two-year period. …”
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