Opioid prescribing hotspots uncovered

Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 16:10 in Health & Medicine

Congressional districts with the highest opioid prescribing rates are predominantly concentrated in the Southeastern U.S., with other hotspots in Appalachia and the rural West, according to a new study led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, the first to focus on opioid prescribing rates at the congressional district level, could […]

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