Geographical and socioeconomic disparities in opioid access in Mexico, 2015-19: a retrospective analysis of surveillance data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2015, Mexico implemented regulatory changes and an electronic system to improve access to prescription opioids. We aimed to investigate trends in opioid dispensing after the implementation of these changes and assess how opioid dispensing varied geographically and by socioeconomic status.

Methods

In this retrospective analysis of prescription medication surveillance data, we analysed dispensing data for group 1 medications (all opioids, including morphine, methadone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, tapentadol, fentanyl, sufentanil, and remifentanil) obtained from the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk database for 32 states and six large metropolitan areas in Mexico. We calculated crude annual opioid prescriptions per 10 000 people at the nat

SUBMITTER: Goodman-Meza D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7882061 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature