Coupling policymaking with evaluation—the case of the opioid crisis.

Barnett ML, Gray J, Zink A, Jena AB. N Engl J Med. 2017;377:2306-2309.

Policy solutions are one approach to help change prescribing and use patterns that have contributed to the opioid epidemic. This commentary describes how a state-level programsought to reduce opioid misuse and highlights the need for effective monitoring to drive policy-focused improvement initiatives.

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