APCDs can Provide Important Insights for Surveilling the Opioid Epidemic, With Caveats.
Med Care Res Rev
; 79(4): 594-601, 2022 08.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34933577
ABSTRACT
State-level all-payer claims databases (APCDs) are a possible new public health surveillance tool, but their reliability is unclear. We compared Colorado's APCD with other state-level databases for use in monitoring the opioid epidemic (Colorado Hospital Association and Colorado's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database for 2010-2017), using descriptive analyses comparing quarterly counts/rates of opioid-involved inpatient and emergency department visits and counts/rates of 30-day opioid fills between databases. Utilization is lower in the Colorado APCD than the other databases for all outcomes but trends are parallel and consistent between databases. State APCDs hold promise for researchers, but they may be better suited to individual-level analyses or comparisons of providers than for surveillance of public health trends related to addiction.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Opioid Epidemic
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Analgesics, Opioid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Med Care Res Rev
Journal subject:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
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