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A $3.6 million grant from the National Institute of Health will fund Michigan Public Health research into the impact of pain and post-surgery opioid prescriptions on individuals with opioid use disorder. The study aims to adapt current prescribing guidelines to prevent opioid-related harms.
Michigan Public Health professor and researcher Minal Patel discusses the US Department of Health and Human Services’ move to lower prices on for 10 high-cost medications for individuals with Medicare Part D coverage.
Abrupt policy shift removed a unique barrier to prescribing buprenorphine, but didn’t lead to a sharp rise in prescribing by the end of the first year
Five-year trend study shows rebound in inappropriate use after an early-pandemic dip, and a need to tackle overuse in all patients during viral illness outbreaks.
Worries that surgery patients would have a tougher recovery if their doctors had to abide by a five-day limit on opioid pain medication prescriptions didn’t play out as expected, a new study finds.
David Hutton, a professor of Health Management and Policy and Global Public Health, discusses the cost-effectiveness of RSV vaccination in older adults. Hutton and a group of University of Michigan researchers recently presented research on the topic during a meeting for the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).