Monnat publishes study on impact of economic factors on opioid crisis
Jun 25, 2019
Using Census Data to Understand County-Level Differences in Overall Drug Mortality and Opioid-Related Mortality by Opioid Type
Shannon M. Monnat, David J. Peters, Mark T. Berg & Andrew Hochstetler
American Journal of Public Health, June 2019
"Using Census Data to Understand County-Level Differences in Overall Drug Mortality and Opioid-Related Mortality by Opioid Type," co-authored by Shannon Monnat, was published in the American Journal of Public Health. The authors concluded that various economic factors, including concentrations of specific occupations and industries, are important to explaining the geography of the U.S. opioid overdose crisis. Monnat also wrote about the study for the Institute for New Economic Thinking. 06/25/19