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05/09/2016 / By Greg White

Sharp rise in opioid-related hospitalizations: Up 72% and costs nearly quadruple to $15 billion

It’s no secret that the country is experiencing an opioid epidemic. Sketching a picture of the problem at hand, a recent study published in Health Affairs found that the number of patients hospitalized because of opioids between 2002 and 2012 skyrocketed by 72 percent, and that in patient charges related to opioid hospitalizations reached a […]

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