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Webpage: http://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/2017/01/opioid_hospitalizations_in_lou.html
Pubdate: Wed, 04 Jan 2017
Source: Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)
Copyright: 2017 The Times-Picayune
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Website: http://www.nola.com/t-p/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/848
OPIOID-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE DROPPED IN LOUISIANA
Fewer people are being hospitalized for opioid-related conditions in
Louisiana, according to a new federal study. ( txking )
Louisiana was one of only four states to show a decline in the rate of
opioid-related hospital stays between 2009-2014, new federal data shows. During that same time period, opioid-related hospitalizations nationwide
increased by a rate of nearly 24 percent.
The report, published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a
division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said
Louisiana showed a 6.4 percent decline in hospitalizations due to the
misuse of prescription pain relievers and the use of illicit opioids like
heroin and fentanyl.
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