![]() Across most specialties, there was a decrease in opioid MME volume per practicing clinician. Both within and across states, there was considerable variation observed. The greatest decline in per-capita MME volume was seen in metropolitan counties (219.8 MME 22.6 percent) and in counties in the quartile with the highest fatal overdose rate (473.8 MME 34.6 percent). The greatest decline in MME volume per capita was among persons aged 46 to 55 years (664.6 MME 33.7 percent decrease), while the greatest percentage decline was seen among persons aged 18 to 25 years (140.2 66.6 percent). The researchers found that from 2008-2009 to 2017-2018, there was a 21.2 percent decrease in total opioid MME volume per capita by prescriptions filled in retail pharmacies, from 951.4 to 749.3 MME. ![]() Stein, M.D., Ph.D., from the RAND Corporation in Pittsburgh, and colleagues examined changes in the total number of opioid prescriptions filled at retail pharmacies by patient, prescriber, and county characteristics between 2008 through 20 through 2018. 28 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.īradley D. 27, 2021 - During the last decade, there has been a decline in total opioid morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per capita, according to a research letter published online Dec. Decline Seen in Total Opioid MME Per Capita in Last Decade
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