Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Publication Details

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Title:

Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids among Elderly Adults in 2018-2019, by Socioeconomic Characteristics

Product type:

Statistical Brief 541

MEPS component:

Household Component

Publication date:

March 25, 2022

Description:

Prescription opioids have commonly been used to treat both chronic and acute pain in the United States despite the fact that they are not recommended as the first-line treatment for most types of pain due to serious risks of opioid use disorders (OUDs) and overdose. This Statistical Brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly used to treat pain among the elderly adult population obtained from the 2018-2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC).

Author(s):

Asako S. Moriya, PhD and Zhengyi Fang, MS

Agency:

Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Source:

Web Only

MEPS Topics:

Elderly Health Care, Health Care Costs/Expenditures, Opioids, Prescribed Drug Use/Events and Expenditures , Prescription Drugs

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