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Cost of informal caregiving for patients with heart failure by Joo, Heesoo, PhD, Fang, Jing, MD, Losby, Jan L., PhD, MSW, Wang, Guijing, PhD

“…Background Heart failure is a serious health condition that requires a significant amount of informal care. However, informal caregiving costs associated with…”
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Contribution of Opioid-Involved Poisoning to the Change in Life Expectancy in the United States, 2000-2015 by Dowell, Deborah, Arias, Elizabeth, Kochanek, Kenneth, Anderson, Robert, Guy, Gery P, Losby, Jan L, Baldwin, Grant

“…This study uses US National Vital Statistics mortality data to assess change in US life expectancy from 2000 to 2015 attributable to opioid-involved poisonings…”
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Opioid Prescribing in the United States Before and After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2016 Opioid Guideline by Bohnert, Amy S B, Guy, Jr, Gery P, Losby, Jan L

“…In response to adverse outcomes from prescription opioids, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids…”
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Association of Receipt of Opioid Use Disorder-Related Telehealth Services and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder With Fatal Drug Overdoses Among Medicare Beneficiaries Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Jones, Christopher M, Shoff, Carla, Blanco, Carlos, Losby, Jan L, Ling, Shari M, Compton, Wilson M

“…Federal emergency authorities were invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand clinical telehealth for opioid use disorder (OUD). To examine the association…”
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The Association Between Local Economic Conditions and Opioid Prescriptions Among Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries by Zhou, Chao, Yu, Ning Neil, Losby, Jan L

“…BACKGROUND:This paper concerns public health crises today—the problem of opioid prescription access and related abuse. Inspired by Case and Deaton’s seminal…”
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Dose tapering, increases, and discontinuity among patients on long-term high-dose opioid therapy in the United States, 2017–2019 by Nataraj, Nisha, Strahan, Andrea E., Guy, Gery P., Losby, Jan L., Dowell, Deborah

“…While reduced exposure to prescription opioids may decrease risks, including overdose and opioid use disorder, abrupt tapering or discontinuation may pose new…”
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Lessons Learned from Community-Based Approaches to Sodium Reduction by Kane, Heather, Strazza, Karen, Losby, Jan L., Lane, Rashon, Mugavero, Kristy, Anater, Andrea S., Frost, Corey, Margolis, Marjorie, Hersey, James

“…Purpose. This article describes lessons from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initiative encompassing sodium reduction interventions in six…”
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Urban–Rural Differences in Opioid Dispensing, U.S., 2019–2021 by Schieber, Lyna Z., Rikard, S. Michaela, Strahan, Andrea E., Losby, Jan L., Guy, Gery P.

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Prescription History Among Individuals Dispensed Opioid Prescriptions, 2017–2020 by Strahan, Andrea E., Nataraj, Nisha, Guy, Gery P., Losby, Jan L., Dowell, Deborah

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Safer and more appropriate opioid prescribing: a large healthcare system's comprehensive approach by Losby, Jan L., Hyatt, Joel D., Kanter, Michael H., Baldwin, Grant, Matsuoka, Denis

“…Rationale, aims, and objectives The United States is in the midst of a public health epidemic with more than 40 people dying each day from prescription opioid…”
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Identifying opioid prescribing patterns for high-volume prescribers via cluster analysis by Nataraj, Nisha, Zhang, Kun, Guy, Gery P., Losby, Jan L.

“…•Family medicine was the most common specialty prescribing high volumes of opioids.•Hydrocodone, followed by oxycodone, was the most frequently prescribed…”
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Concurrent Naloxone Dispensing Among Individuals with High-Risk Opioid Prescriptions, USA, 2015–2019 by Guy, Gery P., Strahan, Andrea E., Haegerich, Tamara, Losby, Jan L., Ragan, Kathleen, Evans, Mary E., Jones, Christopher M.

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Changes in Initial Opioid Prescribing Practices After the 2016 Release of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain by Goldstick, Jason E, Guy, Gery P, Losby, Jan L, Baldwin, Grant, Myers, Matthew, Bohnert, Amy S B

“…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the "Guideline For Prescribing Opioids For Chronic Pain" (hereafter, CDC guideline) in 2016, but…”
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Indication-Specific Opioid Prescribing for US Patients With Medicaid or Private Insurance, 2017 by Mikosz, Christina A, Zhang, Kun, Haegerich, Tamara, Xu, Likang, Losby, Jan L, Greenspan, Arlene, Baldwin, Grant, Dowell, Deborah

“…Although opioids can be effective medications in certain situations, they are associated with harms, including opioid use disorder and overdose. Studies have…”
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Coverage of Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Low Back Pain Among US Public and Private Insurers by Heyward, James, Jones, Christopher M, Compton, Wilson M, Lin, Dora H, Losby, Jan L, Murimi, Irene B, Baldwin, Grant T, Ballreich, Jeromie M, Thomas, David A, Bicket, Mark C, Porter, Linda, Tierce, Jonothan C, Alexander, G Caleb

“…Despite epidemic rates of addiction and death from prescription opioids in the United States, suggesting the importance of providing alternatives to opioids in…”
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Vital Signs: Pharmacy-Based Naloxone Dispensing — United States, 2012–2018 by Guy, Gery P., Haegerich, Tamara M., Evans, Mary E., Losby, Jan L., Young, Randall, Jones, Christopher M.

“…The CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain recommends considering prescribing naloxone when factors that increase risk for overdose are present…”
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Persistence of Opioid Prescribing after a Forearm or Lower Leg Fracture by Yu, Ning N., Zhou, Chao, Florence, Curtis, Losby, Jan L.

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Variation in Adult Outpatient Opioid Prescription Dispensing by Age and Sex - United States, 2008-2018 by Schieber, Lyna Z, Guy, Jr, Gery P, Seth, Puja, Losby, Jan L

“…In 2017, prescription opioids were involved in 36% of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the United States (1). Prescription opioids can be obtained by…”
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Factors That Affect Opioid Quality Improvement Initiatives in Primary Care: Insights from Ten Health Systems by Childs, Ellen, Tano, Colette A., Mikosz, Christina A., Parchman, Michael L., Hersey, Catherine L., Keane, Nicole, Shoemaker-Hunt, Sarah J., Losby, Jan L.

“…To improve patient safety and pain management, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic…”
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State-to-State Variation in Opioid Dispensing Changes Following the Release of the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain by Lyu, Xiru, Guy, Gery P., Baldwin, Grant T., Losby, Jan L., Bohnert, Amy S. B., Goldstick, Jason E.

“…Importance Evidence suggests that opioid prescribing was reduced nationally following the 2016 release of the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic…”
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