Analytical Thoughts Is the opioid epidemic a rural issue? By Eugen Tarnow, Ph.D.

Avalon Business Systems, Inc.

http://AvalonAnalytics.com



It was suggested to me that the opioid epidemic may concentrated in the rural areas of the US. Interestingly, there is no correlation between Medicare opioid claims in a state and how rural the population is:







There is also no correlation between the rate of overdose deaths and how rural the population is:





Comments Disabled By Eugen Tarnow, Ph.D.Avalon Business Systems, Inc.http://AvalonAnalytics.comIt was suggested to me that the opioid epidemic may concentrated in the rural areas of the US. Interestingly, there is no correlation between Medicare opioid claims in a state and how rural the population is:There is also no correlation between the rate of overdose deaths and how rural the population is:Comments Disabled

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