Opioid use following first prescription among adolescents, young adults

What The Study Did: Claims data were used to look at opioid use among young people (ages 10 to 21) who had been prescribed opioids for the first time.

Authors: J. Deanna Wilson, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.4552)

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