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Increasing incidence and geographic distribution of neonatal abstinence syndrome: United States 2009 to 2012.

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Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a postnatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, increased threefold from 2000 to 2009 and hospital charges grew substantially during the study period, with 81% attributed to state Medicaid programs in 2012.
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Increasing incidence and geographic distribution of neonatal abstinence syndrome: United States 2009 to 2012

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Opioid Use Disorder Documented at Delivery Hospitalization — United States, 1999–2014

TL;DR: Nationally, the prevalence of opioid use disorder more than quadrupled during 1999–2014 and increasing trends over time were observed in all 28 states with available data (p<0.05).
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Incidence and Costs of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Among Infants With Medicaid: 2004–2014

TL;DR: The number of Medicaid-financed births that are impacted by NAS has risen substantially and totaled $462 million in hospital costs in 2014 and improving affordable health insurance coverage for low-income women before pregnancy would expand access to substance use disorder treatment and could reduce NAS-related morbidity and costs.
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Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use

TL;DR: Evidence on strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic and progress and future directions in research on pain and opioid use disorder are presented.
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Implementation Of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Associated With Reductions In Opioid-Related Death Rates

TL;DR: It is estimated that if Missouri adopted a prescription drug monitoring program and other states enhanced their programs with robust features, there would be more than 600 fewer overdose deaths nationwide in 2016, preventing approximately two deaths each day.
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Incidence of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome — 28 States, 1999–2013

TL;DR: For instance, this paper examined state trends in Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) incidence using all-payer, hospital inpatient delivery discharges compiled in the State Inpatient Databases of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) during 1999-2013.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

TL;DR: The mission of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is “to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans”.

Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers - United States, 1999-2008

TL;DR: Wide variation among states in the nonmedical use of OPR and overdose rates cannot be explained by underlying demographic differences in state populations but is related to wide variations in OPR prescribing.
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Associated Health Care Expenditures

TL;DR: Between 2000 and 2009, a substantial increase in the incidence of NAS and maternal opiate use in the United States was observed, as well as hospital charges related to NAS.
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Associated Health Care Expenditures: United States, 2000 to 2009

TL;DR: A RECENT NATIONAL STUDY indicated that illicit drug use is 16.2% among pregnant teens and 7.4%" among pregnant women aged 18 to 25 years, with a higher risk of adverse neonatal outcomes such as low birthweight and mortality.
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