. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Res Social Adm Pharm. 2018 Oct 17;15(8):1007–1013. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.10.023

Table 2.

Prevalence of active opioid medications prescribed prior to death, among a national sample of Veterans who died from prescription opioid overdose, 2012–2013.

Time frame of active opioid supply relative to day of death^a	Overall Cohort		VA-Part D Dual Enrollees^b

	VA-only data	VA and Part D data	VA-only data	VA and Part D data

	(n = 1181)	(n = 1181)	(n = 216)	(n = 216)
On day of death	473 (40.1%)	643 (54.4%)	66 (30.6%)	157 (72.7%)
≤30 days	551 (46.7%)	735 (62.2%)	75 (34.7%)	174 (80.6%)
≤180 days	677 (57.3%)	872 (73.8%)	95 (44.0%)	196 (90.7%)
≤365 days	755 (63.9%)	940 (79.6%)	110 (50.9%)	201 (93.1%)

Opioid medications prescribed were based on the prescription release date plus day supplied using VA only or linked VA and Part D data.

Dual enrollment was defined as continuous enrollment in both VA and Medicare Part D 12 months before the date of death.