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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Health Serv Res. 2015 Oct;42(4):540–553. doi: 10.1007/s11414-014-9396-9

Table 1.

List of Key Data Gaps

  1. Incidence of CNMP

  2. Diagnosis rate of CNMP

  3. Rate of opioid use to treat CNMP

  4. Abuse-related opioid consumption rate among those treated for CNMP

  5. Average amount consumed per event among nonmedical users

  6. Opioid availability for nonmedical use

  7. Prevalence of drug-seeking behaviors

  8. Fraction of diversion via drug-seeking people

  9. Amount acquired via doctor shopping and forgery

  10. Amount diverted/retained via drug-seeking people

  11. Thwart rate of forgery and doctor shopping attempts

  12. Rates of overdose and all-cause mortality among select classes of nonmedical users