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Reducing Overdose Deaths Associated with Pharmaceutical Opioid Treatment of Chronic Pain: Analyzing Interventions with a System Dynamics Model

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: A dramatic rise in the use pharmaceutical opioids to treat pain, and the associated opioid abuse and addiction, has created a substantial public health problem in the United States. Effective tools and interventions are needed to identify policies to reduce opioid abuse, addiction, and overdose deaths. A system dynamics model is used to identify policy interventions that will reduce the prevalence of adverse outcomes attributed to pharmaceutical opioids. Results suggest that it will be difficult to minimize negative outcomes without adversely affecting the degree to which chronic pain patients can access pharmaceutical treatment, and also indicate the importance of the metric(s) chosen for evaluating effectiveness.

Source: PDXScholar (Portland State University)

Author: Wayne Wakeland

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3004979568

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