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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Dec 31;159:190–197. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.12.025

Table 1.

Baseline opioid prescribing and utilization.

Morphine equivalent dose, mean (mg) Opioid volume (kg)
No. of opioid prescriptions (thousand)
Quantity of opioid pills dispensed (million)
Value 95% CI Value 95% CI Value 95% CI Value 95% CI
Level 54.6*** 52.1, 57.2 181*** 166,196 233*** 217, 249 15.0*** 14.2, 15.9
Trend −0.11 −0.43, 0.20 5.66*** 3.66, 7.66 7.29*** 5.11, 9.47 0.46*** 0.35, 0.58
**

p < 0.05.

***

p < 0.01.