Opioid prescription rates higher in rural counties - Entrepreneur Generations

Opioid prescription rates among primary care providers are much higher in rural counties than in their suburban and urban counterparts, which correlates to a higher incidence of opioid-related deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Researchers analyzed data from January 2014 to March 2017, dividing data into six categories of population density. All six population level areas saw a substantial decline in opioid prescriptions over the studied time period, but the more rural a county was, the higher its opioid prescription rate across the board. Fourteen of the 15 counties with the highest opioid prescription rates were rural, the report says. Read the report here.

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