Table 2.

Variation in Mean Facility Prevalence Per Facility Groupings Based on Change in Incident Prescribing¹

		Incident Prescribing Change Group (in terms of absolute %)
	All N = 137	>0.5 % decrease N = 33	No change N = 28	0.5–1.5 % increase N = 31	≥ 1.5 % increase N = 45
FY04 prevalence	19.0	25.4	22.5	18.1	12.8
FY12 prevalence	33.0	39.3	35.9	31.6	27.4
Absolute change	14.0	13.9	13.4	13.5	14.6
Relative change	74 %	55 %	60 %	75 %	114 %

FY = Fiscal Year

¹ Incident prescribing is defined as a new opioid prescription provided to a veteran who had not received an opioid prescription in the preceding 365 days. The change in incident prescribing is the absolute percentage change in facility-level incidence rates between FY2004 and FY2012.