| Patients, N (%) |
37,333 (1.3%) |
298,493 (9.7%) |
2,708,757 (89%) |
| Demographics |
|
|
|
| Age |
50 |
51 [40, 59] |
56.9 |
57 [47, 67] |
49.2 |
49 [33, 64] |
| Female (%) |
59.8% |
57.3% |
56.8% |
| Time data |
|
|
|
| Total span (days) |
1563 |
1586 [731, 2376] |
1262 |
1084 [431, 2055] |
427 |
90 [90,484] |
| Active time (days) |
1216 |
1035 [523, 1811] |
921 |
667 [383, 1302] |
170 |
90 [90, 180] |
| Percent active |
80.9% 89.9% [67%, 100%] |
80.2% 92.7% [63.5%, 100%] |
46.3% 39.5% [27.7%,60.6%]a
|
| Prescription data |
|
|
|
| Prescriptions/patient |
58.9 |
39 [19,80] |
31.4 |
19 [11, 39] |
2.4 |
1 [1, 3] |
| Prescriptions/patient/month |
1.39 |
1.22 [.92, 1.67] |
1.06 |
.89 [.72, 1.2] |
.40 |
.33 [.33, .41] |
| MME/prescription (patient weighted) |
954 |
545 [283, 1047] |
1043 |
529 [294, 1025] |
270 |
150 [100, 243] |
| Prescriber data |
|
|
|
| Prescribers/patient |
14.7 |
12 [9, 17] |
4.6 |
4 [2, 6] |
1.7 |
1 [1, 2] |
| Prescribers/patient/month |
.48 |
.42 [.27, .61] |
.21 |
.17 [.10, .28] |
.33 |
.33 [.33, .33] |
| Prescriptions/provider (patient weighted) |
4.0 |
2.9 [1.8, 5.1] |
8.8 |
5.7 [3.2, 10] |
1.3 |
1 [1.0, 1.2] |
| Usage data |
|
|
|
| Total morphine equivalents/patient |
78190 |
22070 [6887, 70702] |
42969 |
11025 [4375 32650] |
791 |
225 [120, 600] |
| Morphine equivalents/patient/day |
51.6 |
22.9 [9.9, 53.1] |
40.9 |
16.5 [8.3, 35.9] |
3.9 |
1.7 [1.1, 3.3] |
| Maximum 90-day daily MME |
133 |
59.6 [26.7, 139] |
81.8 |
34.5 [17.9, 72.4] |
5.4 |
2 [11, 47] |
| Percent maximum 90-day daily MME > 20 |
82.1% |
71.7% |
4.3% |
| Pharmacologic Data: (%) |
|
|
|
| Patient gets only short acting opioids |
51.9% |
66.7% |
95.8% |
| Patient gets ≥ 1 methadone/buprenorphine |
18.9% |
10.2% |
1% |
| Prescriptions, N (%) |
2,198,631 (12.3%) |
9,378,221 (52.1%) |
6,378,116 (35.5%) |
| Morphine equivalents/prescription |
1328 |
600 [225, 1200] |
1368 |
600 [300, 1200] |
336 |
150 [100, 300] |
| Short acting opioids (%) |
83.7% |
84.3% |
97.0% |
| Methadone/buprenorphine (%) |
5.4% |
5.3% |
.8% |
| Top 3 medications (%) |
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (56.6%) |
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (59.1%) |
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (65.3%) |
|
Oxycodone/ Acetaminophen (9.1%) |
Oxycodone/ Acetaminophen (6.7%) |
Codeine/Acetaminophen (11.4%) |
|
Morphine sulfate (6.0%) |
Morphine sulfate (5.3%) |
Oxycodone/ Acetaminophen (6.8%) |
