Opioid Use among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries
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Description
Examines trends in prescription opioid use among Medicare
beneficiaries in rural areas, utilizing 2010-2017 Medicare
Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data. Provides data on
receipt of opioid prescriptions among community-dwelling
and facility-dwelling beneficiaries, associations between
prescribing and chronic overlapping pain conditions
(COPCs), and prescriptions exceeding CDC guidelines.
Includes rural-urban comparisons.
Author(s)
Yvonne Jonk, Heidi O'Connor, Karen Pearson, et al.
Date
01/2025
Organization
Maine Rural Health Research Center
Tagged as
Elderly population
· Health conditions
· Medicare
· Pharmacy and prescription drugs
· Prescription drug misuse
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data