Rural/Urban Differences in the Predictors of Opioid Prescribing Rates Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries 65 Years of Age and Older.

Carla Shoff Tse-Chuan YangSeulki Kim

Published in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2020)

We identify potential spatial nonstationarity in opioid prescribing rates, indicating the complex nature of opioid-related issues. This means that the same stimulus may not lead to the same change in opioid prescribing rates, because the change may be place specific. By understanding the rural/urban differences in the predictors of opioid prescribing, place-specific policies can be developed that can guide more informed opioid prescribing practices and necessary interventions.

Keyphrases

primary care
chronic pain
pain management
adverse drug
south africa
public health
emergency department
risk assessment
climate change
human health