Janssen, Aljoscha; Zhang, Xuan - 2020
This study investigates the role of retail pharmacy ownership in the opioid epidemic in the United States by comparing … orders at the pharmacy level between 2006 and 2012, we find that compared to chain pharmacies within the same ZIP code area … acquired by a chain, a previously independent pharmacy reduces dispensing of opioids by 31.7% and OxyContin by 43%. Using the …