Honors Program
University Honors
Date of Award
5-2022
Thesis Professor(s)
Dr. Robert Pack
Thesis Professor Department
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Thesis Reader(s)
Andrea Clements
Abstract
Opioid Use Disorder is defined by the NIH as “the chronic use of opioids that causes
clinically significant distress or impairment.”1 Due to a number of factors, the overuse of opioids has become an epidemic in the United States. In recent years there have been a number of lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and other parties who have benefitted from the proliferation of this issue. In most cases, it is up to the states or local governments who receive these funds to determine their best use. The purpose of this Thesis is to analyze the resources recommended by Ballad Health’s Community Health Needs Assessments, and five additional panels of experts in this field, and to compare these recommendations with available resources, along with making recommendations for the distribution and use of funds coming from a number of lawsuits and settlements.
Publisher
East Tennessee State University
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Open Access
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Recommended Citation
Patel, Amani, "The Distribution of Opioid Settlement Funds in Northeast Tennessee" (2022). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 705. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/705
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