Citation

Au-Yeung C, Blewett LA, Lange Aba K. Am. J. Public Health 2019; 109(2): 260-262.

Affiliation

Caroline Au-Yeung and Lynn A. Blewett are with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Kathy Lange is with Catholic Health Initiatives, St Gabriel's Health, Little Falls, MN.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2018.304789

PMID

30571298

Abstract

Morrison County Community-Based Care Coordination is a collaborative, cross-sector effort in Little Falls, Minnesota, that began in 2014 to reduce the use and abuse of opioids among patients at the local hospital and clinic and within the broader local rural community. As of March 2018, 453 clinic patients discontinued use of controlled substances (a reduction of 44 952 doses each month), and law enforcement stakeholders have reported a decrease in drug crimes related to the sale of narcotics. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 20, 2018: e1-e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304789).

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