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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/total-opioid-prescriptions.html
June 01, 2020 - Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/opioid-rx-older-adults-2020-21.html
January 01, 2024 - Source:  AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #551,  Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/green-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Key Words
Opioids; medication safety; naloxone; pharmacy; syringes
Scope
Background
Use and nonmedical … Opioids are the most common drugs involved in overdose death,2 with the majority being prescription … opioids. … opioids) as the previous year. … Increase in fatal poisonings involving opioid analgesics in the United States, 
1999-2006.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/older-adults-opioid-fills-2020-2021.html
December 01, 2023 - Source:  AHRQ, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #551: Any Use and “Frequent Use” of Opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/behavioral-health.html
August 01, 2025 - Artificial Intelligence and Peer Coaching to Address Racial Disparities in Primary Care Among People Who Use Opioids … tool to facilitate buprenorphine treatment through primary care for Black and Latino people who use opioids … three-arm, comparative effectiveness trial comparing text-based care coordination for people who use opioids … sustained for 2 years and whether increased practitioner confidence leads to a tapering of prescribed opioids … Supporting Clinical Staff Who Prescribe Opioids to Older Adults: Providing Targeted Educational Sessions
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023-nhqdr-es-rev.pdf
January 01, 2023 - Opioid Use Disorder – Opioids fall into three broad categories: “natural opioids” are extracted 
from … act on the same receptors as natural opioids. … Mortality data indicate that overprescribing and diversion of prescription opioid analgesics 
initiated … Other data also show that health systems’ efforts to limit prescribing of natural 
and semisynthetic opioid … analgesics have had modest effects on the opioid overdose epidemic 
because much of the recent rise
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-rx-older-adults-2020-21.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #551, Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/965.html
July 01, 2025 - AHRQ Stats: Highest Per-User Spending on Opioids .   New Research and Evidence . … AHRQ Stats: Highest Per-User Spending on Opioids Annual average spending was $282 per patient for outpatient … Average Annual Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-behavioral-health.html
May 01, 2024 - be sustained for 2 years and if increased practitioner confidence leads to a tapering of prescribed opioids … there are another eight AHRQ primary care grants funded during the 2021 and 2022 period that look at opioids—many … The full list of the 10 opioid related grants is included in  Appendix C: Opioids . … This set of tools and resources can be used for the management of opioids in older adults in primary
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/51-regional-analgesia-arthroplasty.pptx
June 01, 2023 - Regional analgesia
Optimize pain control
Reduce reliance upon opioids
Ideal for orthopedic procedures … institution will have the resources to allow every regional technique (e.g., regional catheters, intrathecal opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/older-adults-opioid-fills.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Source: AHRQ, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #551: Any Use and “Frequent Use” of Opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2025-annual-report/appendixb.html
August 01, 2025 - Telehealth ,  Rural Health ,  Multiple Chronic Conditions ,  Women’s Health ,  Older Adults , and  Opioids … Opioids As a subset of the work on substance use disorders (SUDs) more broadly, AHRQ funds research on … the treatment and prevention of opioid use disorder (OUD) and the use of opioids to treat chronic pain … This tool helps to avoid inappropriate discontinuation of opioids for the patients for whom the benefits … of opioids outweigh the risks.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-rx-elderly.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Source: AHRQ, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #541: Any Use and “Frequent Use” of Opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-prepare.pdf
February 18, 2021 - .
• CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
• CDC training and webinars.
• Six Building … …is rarely visible, and 
communication about use 
of opioids for patients with 
chronic pain is ad hoc … for acute pain
• Duration and dose of opioids for chronic pain
• Use of nonopioid and nonpharmacologic … substances database
• Patient agreements
• Patient education
• Tapering of opioids
• Use of naloxone … Use of a system to proactively track 
and monitor patients prescribed 
long-term opioids to ensure their
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/substance-abuse.pdf
January 01, 2013 - national inpatient hospital rate was higher for alcohol use (588 stays per 100,000 
population) than for opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-stat-brief-2-postpartum-opioid-rx.pdf
March 01, 2024 - Therefore, analgesics, including opioids, are often prescribed to mothers after 
birth. … We included any prescription fills of opioids commonly 
used to treat pain. … These opioids are identified by generic drug names for narcotic 
analgesics and narcotic analgesic combinations … Opioids excluded from our analysis include respiratory agents, 
antitussives, and drugs commonly used
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/data/data-visualization/index.html?page=2
September 01, 2023 - Hospital-Acquired Conditions Hospitalizations Influenza Injuries Mental Disorders Mental Health Nursing Homes Opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-report-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Opioid-Related Hospital Stays: 
How States Compared in 2014
Highest Rates Lowest RatesMiddle Rates
Opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/gurwitz2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - as key targets for reducing the risk of drug-related injuries: anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and 
opioids … interest were not limited just to the high-risk medications (anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and 
opioids … within one of the three high-priority, high-risk drug classes 
(anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioids … one or more of the three 
high-priority, high-risk drug classes (anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioids … the risk of drug-related injuries: anticoagulants; diabetes agents (insulin and oral agents); 
and opioids
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-stories/increasing-access.html
April 01, 2025 - rise in death from overdoses. 1  Approximately 75% of overdose deaths in 2021 involved some form of opioids