TABLE 2.
Demographic and Opioid Use Characteristics by Categories of Peak MME
| < 20 MME | 20-49 MME | 50-89 MME | ≥ 90 MME | > 50 MME | ||||||
| Number | 22,691 (15.7) | 80,947 (56.2) | 31,473 (21.8) | 9,016 (6.2) | 40,489 (28.1) | |||||
| Demographics | ||||||||||
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 77.4 (8.4) | 75.6 (7.8) | 73.4 (6.8) | 72.2 (6.4) | 73.2 (6.8) | |||||
| 65-69 | 4,989 (22.0) | 22,543 (27.8) | 11,295 (35.9) | 3,867 (42.9) | 15,162 (37.4) | |||||
| 70-74 | 4,656 (20.5) | 19,048 (23.5) | 8,527 (27.1) | 2,452 (27.2) | 10,979 (27.1) | |||||
| 75-84 | 7,772 (34.3) | 26,766 (33.1) | 9,028 (28.7) | 2,186 (24.2) | 11,214 (27.7) | |||||
| 85+ | 5,274 (23.2) | 12,590 (15.6) | 2,623 (8.3) | 511 (5.7) | 3,134 (7.7) | |||||
| Male | 6,835 (30.1) | 29,831 (36.9) | 13,627 (43.3) | 4,038 (44.8) | 17,665 (43.6) | |||||
| Female | 15,856 (69.9) | 51,116 (63.1) | 17,846 (56.7) | 4,978 (55.2) | 22,824 (56.4) | |||||
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 18,577 (81.9) | 70,856 (87.5) | 28,538 (90.7) | 8,234 (91.3) | 36,772 (90.8) | |||||
| Black | 2,194 (9.7) | 5,806 (7.2) | 1,534 (4.9) | 425 (4.7) | 1,959 (4.8) | |||||
| Other | 1,920 (8.5) | 4,285 (5.3) | 1,401 (4.5) | 357 (4.0) | 1,758 (4.3) | |||||
| Medicaid dual eligible | 5,362 (23.6) | 12,285 (15.2) | 3,239 (10.3) | 976 (10.8) | 4,215 (10.4) | |||||
| Opioid characteristics | ||||||||||
| Long-term use | 1,837 (8.1) | 4,051 (5.0) | 1,825 (5.8) | 1,672 (18.5) | 3,497 (8.6) | |||||
| Total days supply, mean (SD) | 56.4 (119.7) | 39.5 (100.4) | 44.3 (121.3) | 119.2 (232.0) | 60.9 (156.2) | |||||
| Peak MME, mean (SD) | 13.5 (4.2) | 31.3 (8.2) | 61.0 (10.6) | 120.7 (76.6) | 74.3 (44.8) | |||||
| Long-acting prescription | 130 (0.6) | 1,087 (1.3) | 1,429 (4.5) | 1,741 (19.3) | 3,170 (7.8) | |||||
| Average daily MME, mean (SD) | 13.9 (8.9) | 29.1 (16.5) | 49.3 (27.5) | 94.1 (130.5) | 59.3 (68.7) | |||||
| Prescribing information | ||||||||||
| Opioid-dispensing pharmacies used | ||||||||||
| 1 | 20,996 (92.5) | 68,408 (84.5) | 23,254 (73.9) | 5,394 (59.8) | 28,648 (70.8) | |||||
| 2 | 1,511 (6.7) | 10,717 (13.2) | 6,535 (20.8) | 2,454 (27.2) | 8,989 (22.2) | |||||
| 3 | 184 (0.8) | 1,822 (2.3) | 1,684 (5.4) | 1,168 (13.0) | 2,852 (7.0) | |||||
| Opioid prescribers used | ||||||||||
| 1 | 19,264 (84.9) | 50,993 (63.0) | 14,023 (44.6) | 2,797 (31.0) | 16,820 (41.5) | |||||
| 2 | 2,818 (12.4) | 20,625 (25.5) | 9,702 (30.8) | 2,650 (29.4) | 12,352 (30.5) | |||||
| 3 | 609 (2.7) | 9,329 (11.5) | 7,748 (24.6) | 3,569 (39.6) | 11,317 (28.0) | |||||
Note: Number (%) unless otherwise indicated.
MME = milligram morphine equivalents; SD = standard deviation.