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"Tracing the US opioid crisis to its roots" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2
by Stierlitz 7y ago
"Tracing the US opioid crisis to its roots"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2
- andrekandre 7y agofrom you link, the key stand out paragraph for me was... > Because many doctors are in private practice, they can benefit financially by increasing the volume of patients that they see, as well as by ensuring patient satisfaction, which can incentivize the overprescription of pain medication.