Ross WardrupHere are the results of my latest project which looked at spatial and socioeconomic factors of opioid distribution in the US.
More details upcoming, but these are the highlights.
Cali SperaSo low income becomes mental health crisis for males
and that in turn becomes opioid crisis ?
@calispera The dependent variable is opioid purchases by pharmacies, which is a proxy for opioid prescriptions. So these prescriptions are supposedly legitimate, but it seems that older low income males get disproportionately more prescriptions.
Older makes sense, because older people have more chronic pain, but the income and gender are interesting.