Increase in prescription opioid use during pregnancy among Medicaid-enrolled women

To report the prevalence of prescription opioid use and evaluate the trends in a large cohort of Medicaid-enrolled pregnant women. A cohort of pregnancies was identified using data from the Medicaid Analytical eXtract for the period of 2000-2007. Dispensing of opioids, as a class and separately for...

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Published in:	Obstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953) Vol. 123; no. 5; p. 997
Main Authors:	Desai, Rishi J, Hernandez-Diaz, Sonia, Bateman, Brian T, Huybrechts, Krista F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.05.2014
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use Codeine - therapeutic use Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data Female Humans Hydrocodone - therapeutic use Medicaid - statistics & numerical data Pain - drug therapy Pregnancy United States Young Adult United States
ISSN:	1873-233X, 1873-233X
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