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January 01, 2024 - New Tool Helps Manage Opioid Use in Older Adults
A new online tool developed by AHRQ supports efforts … by primary care practices and healthcare systems to improve opioid medication management and prevent … opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in older adults. … management, including tracking data to provide insights into patients’ opioid use, developing workflows … A brief screening and assessment tool for opioid use in adults: results from a validation study of the
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January 01, 2012 - Opioid Overuse on the Rise: More Widespread Across U.S.
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opioid-related hospitalizations. … Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief #177: Hospital Inpatient Utilization Related to Opioid … OPIOID OVERUSE ON THE RISE;
MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS U.S.
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March 01, 2024 - Prescription Fills Among Older Adults, 2020-2021
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Opioid Fills Among Older Adults by … Prescriptions Expenses for Adults with Opioid Prescriptions
Emergency Department Visits, 2017 … Use Disorders and Endocarditis
Dramatic Rise in Opioid-Related Deaths, Especially Among Blacks … the Target for Improving Heart Health in America
2016 and Earlier
Rates of Opioid-Related … Outpatient Surgeries
Opioid Overuse on the Rise: More Widespread Across the United States
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September 01, 2018 - 15
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Non-Elderly Use of Opioids,
2015-2016
An average 26 million non-elderly adults filled an
opioid … Opioid use varied significantly according to
patients’ health status and urban vs. rural areas. … Non-Elderly Adults in 2015-2016, by Socioeconomic
Characteristics, September 2018
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March 01, 2024 - Data Analyses
Health Systems Research
Practice Improvement
About AHRQ’s Opioid … Online Resources
HCUP has developed a FastStats interactive tool and map for:
Opioid … Examine trends in opioid-related inpatient stays, emergency department visits, and rate of births diagnosed … Data Visualizations
Opioid Use Among Elderly and Non-Elderly Adults by Socioeconomic Characteristics … Trends in the Rate of Opioid-Related Hospitalizations .
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August 01, 2023 - AHRQ News Now
Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid … Events
Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid … Today's Headlines:
Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access … Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access
An AHRQ-funded study … Disparities were also found in the frequency of drug screenings to gauge misuse of opioid medications
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www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-report-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Infographic - Rates of Opioid-Related Hospital Stays: How States Compared in 2014
The nation’s opioid … epidemic resulted in a 64 percent
rise in opioid-related hospital stays between 2005 and
2014. … However, hospital rates varied widely by state in
2014, ranging from 404 opioid-related stays per 100,000 … Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
Rates of Opioid-Related … , Delaware, Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb219-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.pdf
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www.innovations.ahrq.gov/topics/behavioral-health.html
March 01, 2022 - It includes resources for the treatment of substance use disorders such as opioid use disorder (OUD) … HCUP Fast Stats: Opioid-Related Hospital Use shows opioid-related inpatient and treat-and-release emergency … and Non-opioid Analgesic Prescribing Before and After the CDC's 2016 Opioid Guideline (March 2022) … Users of Retail Medications for Opioid Use Disorders Faced High Out-of-Pocket Prescription Spending … for opioid use disorder.
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www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-opioid.pdf
February 20, 2020 - Deaths
Involving Synthetic
Opioids Other
Than Methadone
To understand the current opioid … epidemic, it is critical to know which opioid drugs are contributing
the most to overdose deaths involving … Recent data have shown that fentanyl-related overdose deaths are heavily contributing
to the opioid … Epidemic
The Department of Health and Human Services has several initiatives addressing the opioid … ◆ SAMHSA has also developed an Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit.
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www.innovations.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/behavioral-health/index.html
February 01, 2024 - It includes resources for the treatment of substance use disorders such as opioid use disorder (OUD) … Highlighted Resources
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook: Practical guide … Opioid Use in Older Adults Compendium of Resources : This change package supports efforts by primary … care practices and healthcare systems to improve opioid medication management and prevent opioid misuse … and opioid use disorder in older adults in primary care.
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December 01, 2023 - Older Adults : This AHRQ initiative focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of opioids, opioid … misuse, and opioid disorder in older adults. … Technical Brief: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder … in Older Adults: Technical brief on prevention, diagnosis, and management of opioid misuse in older
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www.innovations.ahrq.gov/opioids/practice-improvement.html
February 01, 2024 - Practice Improvement
Evidence for Practice
Implementing What Works
About AHRQ’s Opioid … Opioid Use in Older Adults Compendium of Resources
Page last reviewed
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November 01, 2023 - 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 Hospital Stays Increase in Small Metro Areas
Opioid-related hospital stays more than … Opioid-Related Emergency Department Care
Opioid-related emergency department visits more than doubled
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April 05, 2022 - Date
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April 5, 2022
Dental Opioid … Integrating Patient-Generated Health Data Into Electronic Health Records
February 8, 2022
Opioid … From COVID-19 Experiences
November 30, 2021
Out-of-Pocket Prescription Expenses To Treat Opioid … Practices for Safe COVID-19 Vaccine Administration in Nursing Homes
July 27, 2021
Higher Opioid … of Stroke Patients
May 4, 2021
Outreach in Rural Communities Improved Understanding of Opioid
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August 01, 2019 - Use Opioids for Chronic Pain, 2013-2015 (PDF, 167 KB)
Source: MEPS Research Findings #43: Annual Opioid
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April 01, 2022 - Dental Opioid Prescriptions Have Fallen Over Time, AHRQ Study Finds . … Dental Opioid Prescriptions Have Fallen Over Time, AHRQ Study Finds
Opioid prescriptions written by … The decline accelerated after 2016, following the implementation of strategies aimed to regulate opioid … prescribing and determining if reductions in dental opioid prescribing results in clinically meaningful … decreases in opioid-related outcomes.
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www.innovations.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/index.html
July 01, 2021 - Data Analyses
Health Systems Research
Practice Improvement
About AHRQ’s Opioid
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www.innovations.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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April 01, 2014 - mild‐to‐moderate pain should
include NSAIDs or acetaminophen
• If mild‐to‐moderate pain persists, and opioid … Persistent or moderate‐to‐severe pain relies
on repeated assessments and appropriate
increases in opioid … frequent
assessment to maintain pain control, make
adjustments due to tolerance or adverse effects of
opioid … steps: treat the
cause, if possible; begin analgesics; start fluids; for
acute pain, administer an opioid … Patients with severe pain should be given an opioid
parenterally at frequent, fixed intervals, not as
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www.innovations.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/886.html
October 01, 2023 - October 24, 2023
AHRQ Stats: Racial Differences in Opioid Use Among Older Adults
In 2020-2021, 14 … percent of non-Hispanic White adults aged 65 and older filled an opioid prescription on average annually … AHRQ Topic Brief Supports Primary Care Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder . … AHRQ Topic Brief Supports Primary Care Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
The AHRQ Academy , which aims … new topic brief to help primary care clinicians deliver low-threshold treatment for patients with opioid