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EE042 - Opioids Part I
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In part I of a two part series on opioids, Tahlia looks at prescription rates, opioid related hospitalizations, and opioid related deaths across the US and Canada. Since the 1990s, opioid prescription rates have increased significantly, driving the opioid crisis and fentanyl crisis the continent finds itself in.
Read the Canadian Institute of Health Information report here: https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/opioid-related-harms-report-2018-en-web.pdf
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54 episodes
Manage episode 241721946 series 2321374
In part I of a two part series on opioids, Tahlia looks at prescription rates, opioid related hospitalizations, and opioid related deaths across the US and Canada. Since the 1990s, opioid prescription rates have increased significantly, driving the opioid crisis and fentanyl crisis the continent finds itself in.
Read the Canadian Institute of Health Information report here: https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/opioid-related-harms-report-2018-en-web.pdf
Follow Tahlia: https://twitter.com/tahliamurdoch
Follow Everything Economics: https://twitter.com/everyeconomics
Follow the Cave Goblin Network: http://twitter.com/cavegoblins
Find more podcasts and friends of the network at cavegoblins.com
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