Chris Delcher, PhD
Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
Phone: 859.562.2175
Email: chris.delcher@uky.edu
College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
University of Kentucky
Healthy Kentucky Research Building
760 Press Avenue, Suite 360
Lexington, KY 40536
- Completed Projects - (1)
- Publications - (1)
Completed Projects - (1)
-
Rural Variation in Access to Naloxone for Opioid Overdose Prevention
This project examined variability in access to naloxone-based metropolitan/nonmetropolitan dispensing counts from a representative sample of outpatient pharmacies across the U.S.
Research center: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
Topics: Health disparities and health equity, Healthcare access, Pharmacy and prescription drugs, Substance use and treatment
Publications - (1)
2021
-
Medicare-Paid Naloxone: Trends in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Areas
Policy Brief
Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
Date: 05/2021
Naloxone is an opioid overdose reversal medication. Medicare beneficiaries benefit from access to naloxone because they have high rates of high-dose prescription opioids. This brief examines trends in Medicare-paid naloxone dispensing rates in nonmetropolitan versus metropolitan areas from 2014 to 2018.