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Opioid Prescriptions in Older Medicare Beneficiaries After the 2014 Federal Rescheduling of Hydrocodone Products

OBJECTIVES: To examine how an October 2014 Drug Enforcement Administration policy reclassified hydrocodone product from schedule III to II has affected older adults, who are among the largest consumers of prescription opioids in the United States. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: United...

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Published in:J Am Geriatr Soc
Main Authors: Kuo, Yong-Fang, Raji, Mukaila A., Liaw, Victor, Baillargeon, Jacques, Goodwin, James S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5992099/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29656382
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.15332
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