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Table 2 Incidence of first time claims and ratio of encounters for opioid-related emergency department visits from 2016–2018

From: Emergency department encounters for opioid abuse, adverse events, poisoning, and dependence among members of a community-based health insurance plan—Central Texas, 2016–2018

 

2016

2017

2018

Incidence of First-Time Claims for an Opioid-Related ED Encounter per 100,000 Member Population

67.1

64.5

62.6

Ratio of Emergency Department Encounters for an Opioid-Related ED Encounter per 100,000 Member Population

95.9

82.6

66.5

  1. ED Emergency Department