US spent $631B addressing opioid crisis in last 4 years, study finds

(By Gabrielle Masson for Becker’s Hospital Review)

The opioid crisis cost the U.S. at least $631 billion from 2015 to 2018, with healthcare costs constituting a third of the economic loss, according to a study released Oct. 15 by the Society of Actuaries.   Continue reading article here…

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