Nationally projected rates of emergency department visits for unsupervised buprenorphine-naloxone tablet ingestions by children aged <6 years per 100,000 dispensed buprenorphine-naloxone tablet prescriptions, compared with proportions of tablet prescriptions dispensed in unit-dose packaging, United States, 2008-2017
Estimates of ED visits for pediatric (age <6) buprenorphine-naloxone ingestions were based on 2008–2017 data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance project. Estimates of the percentage of buprenorphine-naloxone tablets dispensed in unit-dose packaging were based on data from the IQVIA: National Prescription Audit.