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A call to look beyond prescription opioid supply-side restrictions and include health equity when predicting opioid policy effectiveness

Originally published: The Lancet on September 10, 2021 by Amie Goodin and Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo (more by The Lancet) (Posted Oct 12, 2021)

We read with interest the study by Rao and colleagues on opioid policy effectiveness, which extends their previous modeling efforts to predict opioid-related overdose, life-years, and QALYs. This work presents a useful framework from which to investigate policy effectiveness.