Per-capita Opioid Prescription to Medicare Part-D Patients in the United States.

Test of Tabloid Public software.

I am still testing software with the capability to map data geographically. This page may change as I manipulate the page layout.

Below is a map of the number of opioid prescriptions written for Medicare Part-D beneficiaries in 2013 divided by the total general population of each state. This version of “per-capita” adjustment corrects somewhat for the large differences in the population amount the states. I have shown earlier that prescriptions of opioids to Medicare patients correlates well with opioid prescription to the general public. It is disappointing to see Kentucky and our neighboring states stand out as hot-spots of prescription opioid drug use. Hover your cursor over the map to interact with the actual data. Here is a link to a full size version.

Peter Hasselbacher, MD
President, KHPI

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