Beacon eNewsletter Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)

Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

10-2017

Abstract

  • Every day 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose (CDC).
  • The economic impact of prescription opioid misuse is estimated at $78.5 billion annually (CDC).
  • Emergency department and inpatient care for opioid poisonings is over $20 billion (CDC).
  • Employers lose $10 billion a year due to opioid-related absenteeism and lost productivity (ASAM).
  • Health care costs are twice as high for workers addicted to opioids.

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