Table 3.

Percent of prescriptions for opioid analgesics, by specialty and race, filled by Medicaid beneficiaries

	Prescriptions filled by White beneficiaries		Prescriptions filled by Black beneficiaries
	Total N	% Opioids	Total N	% Opioids
All specialties***	881,203	13.2	323,863	11.2
ENT physicians	3,499	11.0	1,209	11.3
Dentists**	18,506	27.2	7,997	25.1
GP/FM***	289,039	9.3	83,887	7.9
Internal medicine***	158,097	9.0	82,871	7.6
Emergency medicine	57,563	23.3	24,975	22.2
Orthopedists*	19,362	42.4	7,179	39.4
OB/GYN***	34,527	11.0	12,917	7.8
Other Specialty***	300,610	12.8	102,828	11.4

^*p<0.05,

^**o<0.01,

^***p<0.001