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Medicaid Shouldering Soaring Number of Opioid Addicts

Opioid Data: HAMILTON COUNTY


Rate of Opioid Prescriptions Filled (per 1,000 members), 2016 (page 17)

482


Rate of Medicaid Members (per 1,000) with Opioid Related Diagnosis by County (2010, 2013, 2016) (page 17)

2010: 4.8

2013: 8.1

2016: 21.2


The rate of Medicaid members (per 1,000) with opioid-related diagnosis for this county has increased from 2010-2016.

16.4


% Rate Variance 2010 to 2016

345%


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