News Report | September 4, 2018
Proportion Of Medicare Advantage & Commercial Populations Using Prescription Opioids Unchanged
After peaking in 2011 through 2012, the proportion of people filling any opioid prescription for populations covered by either commercial health insurance or Medicare Advantage plans, has remained nearly unchanged. Over the study period 2007 to 2016, annual opioid use prevalence was 14% for commercial beneficiaries, 26% for Medicare Advantage members age 65 and older, and 52% for Medicare Advantage members with disabilities under age 65.
These findings were reported in "Trends In Opioid Use In Commercially Insured And Medicare Advantage Populations In 2007-16: Retrospective Cohort Study," by Molly Moore Jeffery, W. Michael Hooten, Henry J. Henk, M. Fernanda . . .