Outpatient Prescription Opioid Use in Pediatric Medicaid Enrollees With Special Health Care Needs

^aAdult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado;
^bChildren’s Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas;
^cDivision of General Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, PolicyLab, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
^dDivision of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee;
^eDepartment of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri; and
^fComplex Care Service, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

Dr Feinstein conceptualized and designed the study, analyzed and interpreted the data, and drafted the initial manuscript; Mr Rodean and Drs Hall and Berry conceptualized and designed the study, analyzed and interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript; Drs Doupnik, Gay, Markham, Bettenhausen, Simmons, and Ms Garrity contributed to the conception or design of the work, contributed to the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data for the work, revised it critically for important intellectual content, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved; and all authors approve the final manuscript as submitted.

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