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Online LearningWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2018Course: The Opioid Crisis in America
This self-paced online course from HarvardX challenges preconceptions about addiction and about who can become …
This self-paced online course from HarvardX challenges preconceptions about addiction and about who can become addicted to opioids, which are part of a drug class that includes heroin as well as pain relievers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, codeine, fentanyl, and others. Students learn about the origins and spread of opioid use, misuse, and addiction. The course covers the appropriate ways in which prescription opioid drugs can be used to treat specific pain conditions, and…
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ArticlePublication 2017How ACA Repeal Would Worsen the Opioid Epidemic
As the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent report on addiction highlights, the United States faces a …
As the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent report on addiction highlights, the United States faces a serious opioid epidemic that shows no signs of abating. The rate of death due to opioid-related overdose has increased by more than 200% over the past 15 years, and we are now losing more Americans to overdose deaths each year than we did to AIDS during the peak of that epidemic. The authors of this editorial argue that an effective…
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DataPublication 2017Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes - U.S.
This report summarizes the latest information available for various health outcomes, health behaviors, and prescribing …
This report summarizes the latest information available for various health outcomes, health behaviors, and prescribing patterns related to the drug problem in the United States. This report covers latest data available on rates of opioid prescribing, substance use disorder, nonfatal hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and overdose deaths. National information, and some state information, is presented to serve as a resource to help address the ongoing national problem of drug abuse, addiction, and overdose. Also…
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ReportPublication 2015Opioid Dependence: Final Report
This report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) examines the comparative effectiveness and value …
This report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) examines the comparative effectiveness and value of interventions for the management of opioid dependence. The goals of the report are to document the federal and New England state regulations affecting treatment options, provide an overview of existing clinical guidelines and payer coverage policies, and summarize the evidence on the different management approaches for opioid dependence, including special considerations for adolescents. An appendix is provided by ICER.…
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ReviewPublication 2017Quality of Life as an Outcome of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
The recent opioid epidemic has prompted renewed interest in opioid use disorder treatment, but there …
The recent opioid epidemic has prompted renewed interest in opioid use disorder treatment, but there is little evidence regarding health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) outcomes in treatment programs. Measuring HRQoL represents an opportunity to consider outcomes of opioid use disorder treatment that are more patient-centered and more relevant to overall health than abstinence alone. This systematic literature review explores the extent to which the collection of HRQoL by opioid treatment programs is documented in the treatment program literature.…
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ArticlePublication 2016Measuring Benefits of Opioid Misuse Treatment: HRQOL of Opioid-Dependent Individuals and Spouses
This study sought to understand how the general public views the quality of life effects …
This study sought to understand how the general public views the quality of life effects of opioid misuse and opioid use disorder on an individual and his/her spouse, measured in terms used in economic evaluations. The study design was a cross-sectional internet survey of a US population-representative respondent panel conducted December 2013-January 2014, with a total of 2054 randomly selected adults, of whom 51.1% were male. The mean individual utility ranged from 0.574 for active injection…
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ArticlePublication 2015Short Term HRQoL Improvement during Opioid Agonist Treatment
Opioid dependence is associated with high levels of morbidity, yet sparse data exists regarding the …
Opioid dependence is associated with high levels of morbidity, yet sparse data exists regarding the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of individuals with opioid dependence, particularly following treatment initiation. To inform cost-effectiveness analyses of treatment modalities, this study investigates short-term changes in HRQoL following enrollment into opioid agonist treatment, across treatment modalities and patient subgroups. Data was analyzed from the Starting Treatment with Agonist Replacement Therapies (START) and Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Studies (POATS) randomized…
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Online LearningVideo, Teaching Resource 2017Forum. The Opioid Crisis: A Governors Roundtable
Opioid overdoses claim the lives of 91 Americans every day, according to the Centers for …
Opioid overdoses claim the lives of 91 Americans every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This Forum - The Opioid Crisis: A Governors Roundtable, is part of the series, Policy Controversies, and was presented jointly with PRI’s The World & WGBH News. In this multimedia forum, four former governors offered candid insights into how government policy can help, exploring what works and what doesn’t. They spoke about experiences within their own…
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ReportPublication 2017Economic Value of Informal Mental Health Caring
Caregivers, family and friends play a significant role in supporting people with mental illness, and …
Caregivers, family and friends play a significant role in supporting people with mental illness, and it has long been recognized that informal carers constitute a significant ‘hidden’ workforce in Australia. Faced as Australia is with an ageing population and burgeoning chronic disease, data on the contribution that carers make and the consequent savings to governments and other ‘payers’ need to be articulated. This report attempts to put a ‘value’ on informal caring for those with mental illness.…
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ReportPublication 2017World Drug Report 2017
The World Drug Report 2017 is produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and …
The World Drug Report 2017 is produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in a five-booklet format. Booklet 1 summarizes the content of the four subsequent substantive booklets and presents policy implications drawn from their findings. Booklet 2 deals with the supply, use and health consequences of drugs. Booklet 3 focuses on the cultivation, production and consumption of the three plant-based drugs (cocaine, opiates and cannabis) and on the impact of new…
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ArticlePublication 2017Cost-Effectiveness of ED-Initiated Treatment for Opioid Dependence
In a recent randomized trial, patients with opioid dependence receiving brief intervention, emergency department (ED)-initiated …
In a recent randomized trial, patients with opioid dependence receiving brief intervention, emergency department (ED)-initiated buprenorphine and ongoing follow-up in primary care with buprenorphine (buprenorphine) were twice as likely to be engaged in addiction treatment compared with referral to community-based treatment (referral) or brief intervention and referral (brief intervention). This study evaluates the relative cost-effectiveness of these three methods of intervening on opioid dependence in the ED. Measured health-care use was converted to dollar values. The…
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Lesson/ModuleWeb Portal, Teaching Resource 2017NY Times: Investigating the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Epidemic
This lesson plan produced by The New York Times focuses on the heroin and prescription …
This lesson plan produced by The New York Times focuses on the heroin and prescription opioid epidemics in the United States. Focusing on statistics, social issues, and health, the lesson plan offers discussion questions, activities, and resources for further learning.
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DataWeb Portal 2017CDC Data Portal: Drug Overdose Deaths and Opioid-Involved Deaths
This data portal hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts how drug …
This data portal hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts how drug overdose deaths and opioid-involved deaths continue to increase in the United States. Deaths from drug overdose are up among both men and women, all races, and adults of nearly all ages. More than three out of five drug overdose deaths involve an opioid. Opioids are substances that work on the nervous system in the body or specific receptors in the…
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ReportPublication 2016DCP3: Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders
This report from the World Bank is the fourth volume of the Disease Control Priorities, …
This report from the World Bank is the fourth volume of the Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (DCP3) series. It discusses the prevalence of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders, as well as the associated disability and premature mortality that can accompany them. Despite the high social and economic burden of these diseases on individuals, families, and communities, these disorders have been systematically neglected, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and there has been limited…
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