Prescription Opioid Use Among Adults With Chronic Pain: United States, 2019
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Description
Study examining prescription opioid use to treat chronic pain in adults, breaking down data from the 2019 National Health Interview Survey by pain measures and demographics, including race/ethnicity, sex, veteran status, rurality, and more. Discusses trends in the data to identify population characteristics among users of prescription opioids, and addresses risk of prescription opioid misuse.
Author(s)
James M. Dahlhamer, Eric M. Connor, Jonaki Bose, Jacqueline W. Lucas, Carla E. Zelaya
Citation
National Health Statistics Reports, 162, 1-8
Date
08/2021
Type
Document
Organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tagged as
Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data