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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-behavioral-health.html
May 01, 2024 - Two of the studies about substance use disorders described below focus on opioid use disorder. … The full list of the 10 opioid related grants is included in Appendix C: Opioids . … Group Well Child Care Intervention for Infants of Mothers in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (R18) … Materials developed by the AHRQ Older Adult Opioid Initiative Identifying and Testing Strategies for … Management of Opioid Use and Misuse in Older Adults in Primary Care Practices: Opioid and Pain Management
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/opioids-chronic-pain.html
August 01, 2019 - Use Opioids for Chronic Pain, 2013-2015 (PDF, 167 KB)
Source: MEPS Research Findings #43: Annual Opioid
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July 01, 2024 - Study Shows Strong Link Between Smoking, Opioid Use
Issue Number
923
AHRQ News Now is a … Today's Headlines: Study Shows Strong Link Between Smoking, Opioid Use . … Study Shows Strong Link Between Smoking, Opioid Use A new analysis of data from AHRQ's Medical Expenditure … Panel Survey (MEPS) revealed a strong link between smoking and opioid use, emphasizing the need for … 37 percent of the population has ever smoked, smokers account for 69 percent of annual prescription opioid
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/women.html
Primary
New Healthcare Quality Indicator from AHRQ Aimed at Addressing Maternal Morbidities
Opioid-related
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/elderly.html
Measuring the Quality of Long-term Care
Measuring the Quality of Nursing Home Care
Opioid
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-final-es.pdf
September 01, 2019 - of Care by Residence Location
Changes in Disparities by Residence Location
Inpatient Stays Due to Opioid … Among Older Adults
Dementia Measures
Emergency Department Visits With Dementia
Dementia Mortality
Opioid … Use
Opioid Measures
Opioid Prescriptions
Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid-Related Mortality
Overdose … Deaths Involving Any Opioid
Overdose Deaths Involving Natural and Semisynthetic Opioids and Overdose
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-primary-care-webinar-series/health-risks-older-adults.html
March 01, 2025 - and approaches that address care coordination for older adults at risk for cardiovascular events and opioid … Yu-Jung Wei, PhD, (Ohio State University) Pain, Multimorbidity, Opioid-Drug Interactions and Risk for … Opioid Use Disorder or Overdose in Older Adults.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/about.html
August 01, 2021 - About AHRQ's Work on Opioids and Substance Use Disorders
Deaths from drug overdoses have risen steadily over the past two decades and have become a leading cause of injury death in the United States. The rise in drug overdose deaths was initially driven by misuse of prescription opioids but is now also fueled …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-work-around.pdf
June 02, 2025 - initiative around
workflows specific to the unique needs of older adults,
including screening for opioid-related … with upcoming
appointments and created an appointment note for older adult patients on long-term opioid … Metrics: To track implementation progress, the QI team monitored screening rates of older adults with opioid … The request to introduce the embedded patient
questionnaire to screen for other opioid-related risks … New Resource for Primary Care Practice
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality published the Opioid
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: AHRQ's Expertise Helps Identify Next Steps
New Research Shows Promise of Telehealth in Treating Opioid
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July 01, 2025 - outpatient opioid prescription. … Opioid Hospitalizations Among Women The rate of opioid-related hospitalizations was higher among women … Opioid-Related Hospital Care for Seniors From 2010 to 2015, the rate of opioid-related hospital stays … Opioid-Related Emergency Care for Seniors Among patients age 65 and older, the number of opioid-related … Opioid-Related Emergency Department Care Opioid-related emergency department visits more than doubled
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/50-multimodal-analgesia-facilitator.docx
June 01, 2023 - perioperative multimodal analgesia typically refers to the use of nonopioids, with the goal to minimize overall opioid … Tramadol, which has a weak opioid receptor activity compared to morphine, works primarily through the … However, if pain remains poorly managed or patients present with a history of chronic opioid use, additional … Dexmedetomidine, whose alpha2 agonist action closely mimics that of clonidine, has been shown to reduce opioid … consistently show that these techniques provide superior pain control while minimizing the need for opioid
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/budget.html
It includes resources for the treatment of substance use disorders such as opioid use disorder (OUD)
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2018-11-nac/nacmtg1118-minutes.html
April 01, 2019 - The toolkit will be based on the “Six Building Blocks” team approach to improve opioid management in … AHRQ will support an upcoming Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) summit to address the opioid crisis … AHRQ could study patients regarding the influences of social determinants and the potential for opioid … Where does the work of AHRQ fit in the national effort regarding the opioid epidemic? … That idea could be applied in an area such as the opioid problem. Various lenses might be applied.
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www.ahrq.gov/data/resources/index.html?page=5
Trends in Opioid-Related Hospitalizations
This interactive maps provides trends in opioid-related … Also available at the county level for 32 states are opioid-related hospitalization discharges and rates
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www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/impact/index.html
April 01, 2017 - AHRQ currently funds Project ECHO to reduce opioid abuse in rural communities. … Primary care doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic are receiving remote training … AHRQ Data on Opioid Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
Analysis from AHRQ’s Healthcare … According to AHRQ’s analysis, the rate of opioid-related hospital stays increased 64 percent between … The data illustrate the wide divide among States in opioid-related hospitalizations: In 2014, Maryland
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/impact/ahrq-works.pdf
April 01, 2017 - AHRQ currently funds Project ECHO to reduce opioid
abuse in rural communities. … Primary care doctors and
nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic are
receiving remote training … (Figure 5) State-specific opioid data from HCUP help show
where the burdens on hospital care have grown … According to AHRQ’s analysis, the rate of opioid-related
hospital stays increased 64 percent between … had the highest rate of
opioid-related hospital stays (404 stays per 100,000
population)—5.5 times
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-stories.html
April 01, 2025 - Increasing Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Communities Through a Virtual Clinician … train rural primary care clinicians in New Mexico to provide evidence-based care for patients with opioid … This has led to increased access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in this largely rural
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2018-03-nac/nacmtg0317-minutes.html
July 01, 2018 - Future plans by the Agency include scaling efforts in the opioid crisis, advancing the dissemination … Considering the current efforts responding to the opioid crisis, Dr. … Heslin spoke of HCUP’s value in addressing the opioid epidemic. … statistics and external data sources to inform local responses to the opioid epidemic. … The latter has a strong database of information on State legislation relating to opioid abuse. Dr.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/online-resources.html
October 01, 2024 - Online Resources
HCUP has developed a FastStats interactive tool and map for: Opioid Hospital … Examine trends in opioid-related inpatient stays, emergency department visits, and rate of births diagnosed