{"id":4590,"date":"2016-01-12T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/?p=4590"},"modified":"2017-02-13T14:01:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T19:01:16","slug":"per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Per-capita Opioid Prescription to Medicare Part-D Patients in the United States."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Test of Tabloid Public software.<\/p>\n<p>I am still testing software with the capability to map data geographically. This page may change as I manipulate the page layout.<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;per-capita&#8221; 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/MedicareOpioidRxperCapita2013\/FirstEffort?:embed=y&amp;:toolbar=no&amp;:loadOrderID=0&amp;:display_count=yes&amp;:showTabs=y\" target=\"_blank\">full size version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"tableauPlaceholder\" style=\"width: 575px; height: 500px;\"><noscript><a href='#'><img alt='FirstEffort ' src='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Me&#47;MedicareOpioidRxperCapita2013&#47;FirstEffort&#47;1_rss.png' style='border: none' \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class=\"tableauViz\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"575\" height=\"500\"><param name=\"host_url\" value=\"https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F\" \/><param name=\"site_root\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"MedicareOpioidRxperCapita2013\/FirstEffort\" \/><param name=\"tabs\" value=\"no\" \/><param name=\"toolbar\" value=\"no\" \/><param name=\"static_image\" value=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/static\/images\/Me\/MedicareOpioidRxperCapita2013\/FirstEffort\/1.png\" \/><param name=\"animate_transition\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_static_image\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_spinner\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_overlay\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_count\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"showVizHome\" value=\"no\" \/><param name=\"showTabs\" value=\"y\" \/><param name=\"bootstrapWhenNotified\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Peter Hasselbacher, MD<br \/>\nPresident, KHPI<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4590\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-4590\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4590\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Per-capita%20Opioid%20Prescription%20to%20Medicare%20Part-D%20Patients%20in%20the%20United%20States.&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khpi.org%2Fblog%2Fper-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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This version &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Per-capita Opioid Prescription to Medicare Part-D Patients in the United States.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4590\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-4590\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4590\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/per-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Per-capita%20Opioid%20Prescription%20to%20Medicare%20Part-D%20Patients%20in%20the%20United%20States.&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khpi.org%2Fblog%2Fper-capita-opioid-prescription-to-medicare-part-d-patients-in-the-united-states%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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