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Original post: Newswise - Substance Abuse New 10-year analysis indicates 48.9% increase in opioid-related hospital admissions
A new analysis of hospital patient data in England over 10 years, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, shows opioid-related admissions increased by 48.9 per cent, from 10,805 admissions in 2008 to 16,091 admissions in 2018, with total treatment costs of GBP137 million.