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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/index.html
Opioids and Substance Use Disorders
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioids-impact-seniors.pdf
September 01, 2018 - Opioids’ Impact on Seniors
268
199
Hospitalizations Per 100,000
Population34%
increase in the … 1
opioid prescription
Filled 4 or more
opioid prescriptions
10 million (19%)
4 million (7%)
Opioids … Aged 65 Years and
Older, 2010 and 2015, September 2018
Source: MEPS, Any Use and Frequent Use of Opioids
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/online-resources/opioids-elderly-nonelderly.html
February 01, 2024 - from AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, provides estimates on "frequent use" and "any use" of opioids … Sources
MEPS Statistical Brief #515: Any Use and Frequent Use of Opioids among Elderly Adults in 2015 … –2016, by Socioeconomic Characteristics
MEPS Statistical Brief #516: Any Use and Frequent Use of Opioids … 2016, by Socioeconomic Characteristics
MEPS Statistical Brief #551: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids … 2021, by Socioeconomic Characteristics
MEPS Statistical Brief #552: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/evidence.html
November 01, 2023 - Interventions for Substance Abuse Treatment in Adolescents (2020)
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids … Treatment Models of Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Setting (2016)
Patient Safety Primer on Opioids … The Patient Safety Network (PSNet) has published a Patient Safety Primer on Opioids . … The Opioids Guide covers the origins of the opioid epidemic and interventions to improve opioid safety
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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 … The rise in drug overdose deaths was initially driven by misuse of prescription opioids but is now also … fueled by rising use of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, stimulants, and polydrug use. … For more information on AHRQ's work on opioids and other substance use disorders, contact Elisabeth … Related Publications
Opioids: AHRQ Works--Building Bridges From Research to Practice
(PDF, 430 KB)
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/index.html
July 01, 2021 - Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) collect a wealth of information that help expand the knowledge base on opioids
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-prescribe-opioids.pdf
December 15, 2023 - Supporting Clinical Staff Who Prescribe Opioids to Older Adults: Providing Targeted Educational Sessions … Leverage Change: Opioid Use Disorder Assessment and Treatment
Supporting Clinical Staff Who Prescribe
Opioids … post-implementation survey explored how many prescribers and nurses
conducted huddles, their knowledge about opioids … and OUD, and comfort screening and talking with patients about
opioids. … developed a set of trainings to support nurse education on opioid
misuse and OUD, risks of taking opioids
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-compendium-self-assessment.pdf
December 01, 2023 - high-leverage change (HLC) areas related to providing care for your older adult patients who use opioids … Use of a data system to
proactively track &
monitor older adult
patients prescribed
long-term opioids … Review of the chart of
an older adult on long-
term opioids prior to a
scheduled visit
(scrubbing … discussions during
primary care team
huddles about specific
older adult patients on
long-term opioids … Evidence-based
guidelines about
initiating opioids in
older adults…
…are not available.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/funding-opportunities.html
February 01, 2023 - care and ambulatory settings to provide evidence-based, patient-centered care for people who misuse opioids … This Opioids SEN supersedes the NOT-HS-18-015 .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-risk-screening.pdf
December 15, 2023 - practice’s older
adults to identify patients at risk of experiencing negative side
effects, misusing opioids
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-work-around.pdf
December 15, 2023 - ▶ The QI team conducted an educational session on opioids and older adults for clinical staf, with … patients
following the initiation of the QI project and education for clinical staf about the risks of opioids … team staf viewed this project as one with low priority because the population of older
patient on opioids
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-ehr-oud.pdf
December 18, 2023 - ▶ The use of the dot phrase for seniors on opioids steadily increased over the 14-month test period
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-compendium-self-assessment-instructions.pdf
December 01, 2023 - is organized into seven HLC areas related to providing care for your older adult
patients who use opioids
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/stat-briefs.html
February 01, 2024 - Statistical Briefs
MEPS Statistical Brief #552: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids Among Non-Elderly … MEPS Statistical Brief #551: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids Among Elderly Adults in 2020-2021, … MEPS Statistical Brief #542: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids Among Non-Elderly Adults in 2018-2019 … MEPS Statistical Brief #541: Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids Among Elderly Adults in 2018-2019, … Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the U.S.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/map/index.html
May 01, 2019 - National Demographics: Patient Location
Affected most from opioids are large central metropolitan areas
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/whats-new/index.html
November 01, 2023 - Opioids and Substance Use Disorders: What's New
AHRQ's latest news on its efforts to help end … decline
AHRQ has released two opioid-related MEPS Statistical Briefs: “ Any Use and ‘Frequent Use’ of Opioids … Adults in 2020-2021, by Socioeconomic Characteristics ” (PDF, 668) and “ Any Use and ‘Frequent Use’ of Opioids … April 2023
Opioids Newsroom
AHRQ's blog posts, infographics, and announcements on its latest
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/babies-opioids.pdf
January 01, 2015 - More Babies Born Dependent on Opioids
More Babies Born Dependent on Opioids
AHRQ and HHS are working … to address
the opioids crisis by making data available
to better understand the problem.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/health-systems-research.html
July 01, 2021 - solve the challenge of the substance use disorder epidemic, from improving management of prescription opioids … Managing opioids in older adults is especially complex and challenging. … Risk of Acute Asthma Associated With the Pediatric Use of Opioids. … Prescribing of opioids at hospital discharge and associated adverse patient outcomes. … Dental prescribing of antibiotics and opioids: high use in the absence of evidence.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/whats-new/newsroom.html
December 01, 2022 - Opioids and Substance Use Disorders Newsroom
AHRQ's blog posts, infographics, and announcements … AHRQ provides an overview of its ongoing work on opioids with regular posts on the AHRQ Views blog. … Involving Women Who Were Pregnant or Giving Birth
(PDF, 91.5 KB)
More Babies Born Dependent on Opioids … Syndrome Rates
Per 1,000 Births by Race/Ethnicity, 2015 (Q1-Q3)
(PDF, 151 KB)
Non-Elderly Use of Opioids … , 2015-2016 PDF (6.8 MB)
Opioids' Impact on Seniors PDF (1.1 MB)
Women Have Higher Rates of Opioid-Related
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/opioids-chronic-pain.html
August 01, 2019 - Adults Who Use Opioids for Chronic Pain, 2013-2015
U.S. … Adults Who Use Opioids for Chronic Pain, 2013-2015 (PDF, 167 KB)
Source: MEPS Research Findings