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Health Econ
; 28(10): 1220-1225, 2019 10.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31243861
RESUMO
This paper investigates the impact of legislative changes allowing nurse practitioners to prescribe schedule II controlled substances independently. We find that this legal environment is associated with an increase in treatment admissions for opioid misuse and a decrease in opioid related mortality only when Mandatory Prescription Drugs Monitoring Programs are in place.