Opioid Prescription Fills Among Older Adults, 2020-2021

Infographic showing that from 2020-2021, 12.8 percent of adults aged 65 and older obtained one opioid prescription during the year and 4.4 percent obtained four or more opioid prescriptions during the year; photo of and older white woman sitting on a couch holding a pill and an older black man in a hospital bed holding a pill.

Opioid Prescription Fills Among Older Adults, 2020-2021 (PDF, 2.3 MB)

Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #551, Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids among Adults Aged 65 and Older in 2020-2021, by Socioeconomic Characteristics.
https://meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st551/stat551.shtml

Page last reviewed January 2024

Page originally created January 2024

Internet Citation: Opioid Prescription Fills Among Older Adults, 2020-2021. Content last reviewed January 2024. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
https://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/opioid-rx-older-adults-2020-21.html

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