Trends and Patterns of Geographic Variation in Opioid Prescribing Practices by State, United States, 2006-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Risk of opioid use disorder, overdose, and death from prescription opioids increases as dosage, duration, and use of extended-release and long-acting formulations increase. States are well suited to respond to the opioid crisis through legislation, regulations, enforcement, surveillance, and other interventions.

Objective

To estimate temporal trends and geographic variations in 6 key opioid prescribing measures in 50 US states and the District of Columbia.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based cross-sectional analysis of opioid prescriptions filled nationwide at US retail pharmacies between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2017. Data were obtained from the IQVIA Xponent database. All US residents who had an opioid prescription filled at a US r

SUBMITTER: Schieber LZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484643 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature