Trends in State-Level Pharmacy-Based Naloxone Dispensing Rates, 2012-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Improving access to naloxone is an important public health strategy in the U.S. This study examines the state-level trends in naloxone dispensing from 2012 to 2019 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Methods

Data from IQVIA Xponent were used to examine the trends and geographic inequality in annual naloxone dispensing rates and the number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed per high-dose opioid prescription from 2012 to 2019 and from 2016 to 2019 to correspond with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain release. Annual percentage change was estimated using linear regression. Analyses were conducted in 2020.

Results

Naloxone dispensing rates and the number of naloxone prescriptions per

SUBMITTER: Guy GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9732744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature