Addressing the Rural Opioid Addiction and Overdose Crisis Through Cross-Sector Collaboration: Little Falls, Minnesota

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Explores a cross-sector community-based care coordination effort to reduce the use of opioids in Little Falls, MN. Discusses the collaboration between a rural hospital and clinic with the Morrison County Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) program and highlights changes to opioid prescribing practices and community awareness of treatment options.

Caroline Au-Yeung, Lynn A. Blewett, Kathy Lange

American Journal of Public Health, 109(2), 260-262

02/2019

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Care coordination · Illicit drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Minnesota