The Economic Burden of Opioid Abuse: Updated Findings

Abstract

This study was funded by Purdue Pharma. Mayne is an employee of Purdue Pharma. Kirson, Scarpati, and Birnbaum are employees of Analysis Group, which received funding from Purdue Pharma to conduct this study. Enloe and Dincer were employees of Analysis Group at the time this research was conducted. Study concept and design were contributed by Kirson, Birnbaum, Mayne, and Scarpati, along with Enloe and Dincer. Enloe and Dincer took the lead in data collection, along with Birnbaum and assisted by Kirson and Scarpati. Data interpretation was performed by all the authors. The manuscript was written and revised by Kirson and Scarpati, along with Mayne and Birnbaum.