November 2019
Contact: Norm Thurston
Email: nthurston@utah.gov
This DataByte looks at both the percentage of opioid prescriptions and length of days supplied. The data for these results comes from the Utah All Payer Claims Database (APCD) using the Milliman MedInsight therapeutic class groupings. In general, some progress has been made in decreasing the percent of opioids prescribed. The average length of days supplied increased from 17.0 in 2013 to 18.2 in 2016. However, there was a slight decrease to 17.9 for the first quarter of 2018. This analysis did not look into the reasons for these changes, but increased provider and patient awareness may be contributing factors.
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