Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, January 2020 / Vol. 69 / No. SS-1

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• Alternative Title:
  Opioid Prescribing Behaviors — Prescription Behavior Surveillance System, 11 States, 2010–2016
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Strickler, Gail K. ; Kreiner, Peter W. ; Halpin, John F. ; Doyle, Erin ; Paulozz, Leonard J.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Department of Health and Human Services ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2017, a total of 70,237 persons in the United States died from a drug overdose, and 67.8% of these deaths involved an opioid. Historically, the opioid overdose epidemic in the United States has been closely associated with a parallel increase in opioid prescribing and with widespread misuse of these medications. National and state policy makers have introduced multiple measures to attempt to assess and control the opioid overdose epidemic since 2010, including improvements in surveillance systems. The Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) was created in 2011. Its goal was to track rates of prescribing of controlled substances and possible misuse of such drugs using data from selected state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP). PBSS data measure prescribing behaviors for prescription opioids using multiple measures calculated from PDMP data including 1) opioid prescribing, 2) average daily opioid dosage, 3) proportion of patients with daily opioid dosages ≥90 morphine milligram equivalents, 4) overlapping opioid prescriptions, 5) overlapping opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions, and 6) multiple-provider episodes. For this analysis, PBSS data were available for 2010–2016 from 11 states representing approximately 38.0% of the U.S. population. Average quarterly percent changes (AQPC) in the rates of opioid prescribing and possible opioid misuse measures were calculated for each state.
• Subjects:
  Opioid Epidemic Prescription Drug Misuse Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2020; v. 69, no. 1
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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