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New Opioids Findings Has Been Reported by Investigators at Mayo Clinic (Trends in opioid use in commercially insured and Medicare Advantage…

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New Opioids Findings Has Been Reported by Investigators at Mayo Clinic (Trends in opioid use in commercially insured and Medicare Advantage populations in 2007-16: retrospective cohort study)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Current study results on Opioids have been published. According to news reporting originating in Rochester, Minnesota, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "To describe trends in the rate and daily dose of opioids used among commercial and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries from 2007 to 2016. Retrospective cohort study of administrative claims data."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Mayo Clinic, "National database of medical and pharmacy claims for commercially insured and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in the United States. 48 million individuals with any period of insurance coverage between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2016, including commercial beneficiaries, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries aged 65 years and over, and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries under age 65 years (eligible owing to permanent disability). MAIN ENDPOINTS Proportion of beneficiaries with any opioid prescription per quarter, average daily dose in milligram morphine equivalents (MME), and proportion of opioid use episodes that represented long term use. Across all years of the study, annual opioid use prevalence was 14% for commercial beneficiaries, 26% for aged Medicare beneficiaries, and 52% for disabled Medicare beneficiaries. In the commercial beneficiary group, quarterly prevalence of opioid use changed little, starting and ending the study period at 6%; the average daily dose of 17 MME remained unchanged since 2011. For aged Medicare beneficiaries, quarterly use prevalence was also relatively stable, ranging from 11% at the beginning of the study period to 14% at the end. Disabled Medicare beneficiaries had the highest rates of opioid use, the highest rate of long term use, and the largest average daily doses. In this group, both quarterly use rates (39%) and average daily dose (56 MME) were higher at the end of 2016 than the low points observed in 2007 for each endpoint (26% prevalence and 53 MME). Opioid use rates were high during the study period of 2007-16, with the highest rates in disabled Medicare beneficiaries versus aged Medicare beneficiaries and commercial beneficiaries."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Opioid use and average daily dose have not substantially declined from their peaks, despite increased attention to opioid abuse and awareness of their risks."

For more information on this research see: Trends in opioid use in commercially insured and Medicare Advantage populations in 2007-16: retrospective cohort study. BMJ-British Medical Journal, 2018;362():1-9. BMJ-British Medical Journal can be contacted at: Bmj Publishing Group, British Med Assoc House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, England (see also Opioids).

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting M.M. Jeffery, Mayo Clinic, Robert D & Patricia E Kern Center Sci Hlth Care Deli, Div Hlth Care Policy Res, Dept. of Hlth Sci Res, Rochester, MN 55905, United States. Additional authors for this research include W.M. Hooten, H.J. Henk, M.F. Bellolio, E.P. Hess, E. Meara, J.S. Ross and N.D. Shah.

Keywords for this news article include: Rochester, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America, Clinical Trials and Studies, Medicare and Medicaid, Health and Medicine, Clinical Research, Health Policy, Opioids, Mayo Clinic.

Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world. Copyright 2018, NewsRx LLC

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