Do opioids slow return to work after injuries?
Do opioids slow return to work after injuries?
- December 10, 2018
- David Neumark, economics, courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Dec. 10, 2018
David Neumark, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California,
Irvine, a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Bogdan
Savych write, “In this Letter, we find that prolonged prescribing of opioids leads
to longer duration of temporary disability benefits among workers with work-related
low-back injuries. Our estimates indicate that longer-term opioid prescriptions roughly
triple the duration of temporary disability benefits, compared to similar workers
with similar injuries who do not get longer-term opioid prescriptions.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2018/december/do-opioids-slow-return-to-work-after-injuries/?utm_source=frbsf-home-economic-letter-title&utm_medium=frbsf&utm_campaign=economic-letter.
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