Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties Among Primary Care Providers Using an Electronic Health Record System --- United States, 2014--2017 | MMWR

{"issue-date":"2019-01-18","issue-vol":"68","issue-no":"2","title":"Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties Among Primary Care Providers Using an Electronic Health Record System - United States, 2014-2017 | MMWR","already_known":"Opioid prescribing rates vary by county urbanization level and are declining overall.","added_by_report":"Analysis of patient opioid prescription data from a national electronic health record vendor during 2014-2017 found that the percentage of patients prescribed an opioid was higher in rural than in urban areas. Significant decreases in opioid prescribing occurred across all urban-rural categories after the March 2016 release of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.","implications":"As less densely populated areas indicate both progress in decreasing opioid prescribing and need for ongoing reduction, tailoring community health care practices and intervention programs to community characteristics will remain important.","tags":[{"tag":"Opioid Prescribing Rates"},{"tag":" Opioid Prescriptions And Electronic Health Record System"},{"tag":" Opioid And Urbanization"},{"tag":" Opioid Prescription By County"}],"url":"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6802a1.htm?s_cid=mm6802a1_w","content-ver":"1","schema-ver":"1","command":"add"}