Table 1 Five prescription opioid metrics reported for each calendar quarter (August 2016 to March 2020) by the PA PDMP
Q3: 2016 | Q4: 2016 | Q1: 2017 | Q2: 2017 | Q3: 2017 | Q4: 2017 | Q1: 2018 | Q2: 2018 | Q3: 2018 | Q4: 2018 | Q1: 2019 | Q2: 2019 | Q3: 2019 | Q4: 2019 | Q1: 2020 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Prescriptions | ||||||||||||||||
Oxycodone | 961,172 | 926,393 | 889,615 | 876,227 | 839,694 | 829,178 | 780,692 | 768,219 | 737,711 | 730,145 | 689,365 | 683,899 | 672,278 | 665,178 | 630,888 | 11,680,654 |
Hydrocodone | 662,695 | 635,409 | 603,834 | 578,103 | 544,679 | 528,251 | 499,922 | 483,970 | 454,569 | 448,367 | 421,675 | 414,409 | 400,645 | 389,044 | 366,966 | 7,432,538 |
Morphine | 135,983 | 135,267 | 135,431 | 135,724 | 131,504 | 131,524 | 127,520 | 124,100 | 120,833 | 118,724 | 112,908 | 112,601 | 110,061 | 108,636 | 105,668 | 1,846,484 |
Number of Refills | ||||||||||||||||
Oxycodone | 262 | 542 | 814 | 751 | 1079 | 1003 | 851 | 853 | 1099 | 854 | 626 | 667 | 817 | 780 | 685 | 11,683 |
Hydrocodone | 161 | 306 | 355 | 319 | 392 | 323 | 338 | 355 | 591 | 481 | 473 | 409 | 387 | 293 | 306 | 5489 |
Morphine | 557 | 524 | 682 | 687 | 683 | 621 | 505 | 301 | 407 | 361 | 300 | 371 | 355 | 432 | 481 | 7267 |
Length of Prescriptions | ||||||||||||||||
≤3 days | 319,335 | 286,719 | 281,422 | 275,355 | 264,769 | 267,280 | 251,501 | 259,201 | 248,127 | 245,350 | 239,943 | 244,412 | 241,086 | 230,447 | 211,834 | 3,866,781 |
4–7 days | 320,389 | 311,816 | 297,548 | 281,760 | 266,245 | 264,060 | 257,355 | 246,218 | 235,285 | 237,871 | 235,133 | 226,706 | 218,625 | 223,112 | 210,358 | 3,832,481 |
8–21 days | 386,075 | 376,637 | 353,965 | 341,590 | 317,966 | 316,222 | 291,670 | 275,322 | 254,290 | 246,428 | 221,164 | 216,074 | 208,830 | 204,808 | 193,295 | 4,204,336 |
22–30 days | 898,432 | 883,395 | 851,868 | 845,278 | 810,498 | 777,430 | 733,829 | 718,186 | 692,614 | 681,180 | 631,947 | 626,326 | 612,760 | 598,172 | 575,078 | 10,936,993 |
31+ days | 17,173 | 16,586 | 15,320 | 15,116 | 14,259 | 13,833 | 11,446 | 11,205 | 10,610 | 10,050 | 7952 | 7593 | 7726 | 7766 | 7394 | 174,029 |
Prescription Quantities | ||||||||||||||||
< 21 pills | 483,247 | 440,366 | 429,994 | 426,612 | 414,563 | 412,803 | 391,440 | 398,893 | 386,402 | 382,802 | 374,481 | 378,264 | 373,988 | 360,837 | 338,537 | 5,993,229 |
22–60 pills | 717,408 | 706,164 | 670,870 | 651,618 | 613,652 | 606,814 | 575,273 | 553,986 | 524,599 | 516,549 | 481,819 | 472,732 | 457,476 | 455,179 | 428,840 | 8,432,979 |
60–90 pills | 267,419 | 263,492 | 253,923 | 250,236 | 241,086 | 234,246 | 220,367 | 215,999 | 206,326 | 203,154 | 187,990 | 185,963 | 182,245 | 178,894 | 172,176 | 3,263,516 |
90+ pills | 473,329 | 465,130 | 445,335 | 430,632 | 404,436 | 384,962 | 358,721 | 341,254 | 323,599 | 318,372 | 291,844 | 284,151 | 275,315 | 269,394 | 258,405 | 5,324,879 |
Morphine Milliequivalents | ||||||||||||||||
Average MME | 68.06 | 65.86 | 63.49 | 62.65 | 62.73 | 60.98 | 60.33 | 59.07 | 58.38 | 57.84 | 56.67 | 55.31 | 55.02 | 55.11 | 55.23 | 59.78 |