The economic burden of opioid use disorder and fatal opioid overdose in the United States, 2017

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 218; p. 108350
• Main Authors: Florence, Curtis, Luo, Feijun, Rice, Ketra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.01.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Analgesics, Opioid - poisoning; Clinical research; Cost of Illness; Costs; Crime; Criminal justice; Criminal Law; Decision makers; Delivery of Health Care; Drug abuse; Drug addiction; Drug overdose; Drug Overdose - economics; Drug Overdose - epidemiology; Economics; Federal agencies; Health care; Humans; Impact analysis; Judicial system; Morbidity; Narcotics; Opiate Overdose - economics; Opiate Overdose - epidemiology; Opioid; Opioid Epidemic; Opioid-Related Disorders - economics; Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Opioids; Overdose; Overdoses; Polls & surveys; Prevalence; Productivity; Public health; Public policy; Quality of Life; Substance use disorder; United States - epidemiology; Use disorder; Vital statistics; United States; United States > US; Opioid; Costs; Overdose; Use disorder

•Opioid use disorder and fatal overdose have a substantial economic burden in the U.S.•Most of the economic burden is due to loss of life and reduced quality of life.•There are also high costs associated with health care, criminal justice and lost productivity. The United States (U.S.) is experienci...