Americans More Likely than Swedes to Fill Prescriptions for Opioids After Surgery
Kaiser Health News, September 2019
View the study on the JAMA Network
Mitigating the Effects of Opioid Use Among Workers: Tips for Employers
American Psychiatric Association Foundation, Center for Workplace Mental Health
- A Costly Concern
- Getting the Facts: Opioid Use in the U.S.
- Barriers to the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
Combatting the Prescription Drug Crisis
SHRM, October 2017
- Shame and Stigma
- Skyrocketing Costs
- Questions You Shouldn’t Ask Employees
- Treatment Can Work and How You Can Help
Counting the Cost of Opioid Abuse
Optum
- Physical and Financial Costs (including claims costs)
- Future Costs
Pharmacy Benefit Management of Opioid Prescribing: The Role of Employers and Insurers
Health Affairs, September 2017
- Background and tools
- Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Role
The Opioid Epidemic: From Evidence to Impact
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Oct 2017
- Top Ten Recommendations for Action
- Improving Safe Use of Prescription Opioids (including Engaging Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Pharmacies)
- Identifying and Treating People with Opioid-Use Disorders
Five Barriers to Communicating with Health Care Consumers about Opioid Overuse
Webinar from Consumer Reports and Choosing Wisely