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. 2016 Feb;176(2):259-61.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6662.

Distribution of Opioids by Different Types of Medicare Prescribers

Jonathan H Chen  1 , Keith Humphreys  2 , Nigam H Shah  3 , Anna Lembke  4
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Distribution of Opioids by Different Types of Medicare Prescribers

Jonathan H Chen et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Feb.
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Figure 1
Top 25 provider specialties by total Medicare Part D claims for schedule II opioids in 2013. Values reported on logarithmic scale.
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Figure 2
Cumulative percent claims and costs for the top ten percent of prescribers for different populations. For example, 1% of California workers’ compensation (CA WC) providers incur 42% of their schedule II opioid costs. Note: The Medicare All Drug Claims curve overlaps and obscures the respective Costs curve.
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