Corredor-Waldron, Adriana; Currie, Janet M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The continuing drug overdose crisis in the U.S. has highlighted the urgent need for greater access to treatment. This … visits for substance abuse issues among nearby residents. We find that drug-related ER visits increase by 16.6% after a … that expanding access to treatment results in significant reductions in morbidity related to drug abuse …
