Table 1.
Percent of Medicaid beneficiaries’ prescriptions missing data pertaining to physician specialization, by characteristics of White and Black CNCP beneficiaries aged 18–64, for all prescriptions and all opioid prescriptions filled.
| All prescriptions (N=2,789,823) | All opioid prescriptions (N=352,127) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty missing (%) | Specialty missing (%) | |||
| Black | White | Black | White | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 59.60 | 56.12 | 59.54 | 59.51 |
| Female | 57.39 | 57.06 | 57.41 | 58.06 |
| Age | ||||
| 18–30 | 51.63 | 52.92 | 54.62 | 55.98 |
| 31–40 | 55.53 | 55.57 | 56.26 | 58.33 |
| 41–50 | 57.47 | 56.78 | 58.14 | 58.79 |
| 51–64 | 61.25 | 58.28 | 60.71 | 60.46 |
| Diagnosis | ||||
| Chronic pain syndrome | 59.47 | 57.64 | 59.47 | 59.60 |
| Headache | 56.83 | 57.32 | 58.07 | 60.40 |
| Back pain | 57.78 | 56.41 | 57.77 | 58.65 |
| Neck pain | 57.34 | 54.92 | 58.64 | 57.65 |
| Spinal cord injury | 56.75 | 55.39 | 52.19 | 58.33 |
| Arthritic diseases | 54.20 | 57.02 | 51.52 | 58.39 |
| Sickle cell anemia | 55.75 | 47.48 | 57.30 | 51.43 |
| Burns | 60.38 | 67.76 | 40.00 | 67.51 |
| Total | 57.91 | 56.38 | 58.01 | 58.53 |