These tables are special analyses that include opioid use (or heroin use and prescription pain reliever misuse) or opioid use disorders as a variable. The NSDUH survey years used, as well as by-demographic group analyses, vary.
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This spotlight uses 2002 to 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine trends in past year opioid misuse among adults aged 18 or older by age group.
There has been a significant increase in hospitalizations for opioid misuse in recent years. Using 2010-2014 MarketScan commercial data, this report finds that 40 percent of patients do not receive any follow-up services within 30 days after an opioid-related hospitalization. Only 11 percent of patients received the recommended combination of...