{
  "abstract": "A study by Junge et al. 1 revealed that the proportion of military members who received a prescription opioid in the Military Health System (MHS) declined from 2.7% in 2017 to 1.3% in 2020; data were drawn from the month of August only, during each year. These data provide important information about recent trends in opioid prescribing in the MHS; yet, a lower monthly prescription opioid rate does not necessarily imply the annual rate is low.2 Further information is needed to compare annual MHS prescription opioid receipt trends to those reported in previous studies,3–5 and to extend knowledge about the annual proportion of military members receiving prescription opioids in recent years. We evaluated trends in receipt of any prescription opioid during the year among military members in the MHS during 2016–2021, by service, component, and deployment history. We also examined annual trends in receipt of ≥7 annual opioid days-supply.6",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Veterans Integrated Services Network 19 Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention, Aurora, Colorado, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Rachel Sayko Adams"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Nick Huntington"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Krista B Highland"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Natalie Moresco"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Jenneth Carpenter"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Connor Buchholz"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Mary Jo Larson"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Trends in annual prescription opioid receipt among US military members in the Military Health System during 2016–2021, by service, component, and deployment history",
  "uid": "138204d8-f685-5b3c-9205-b6222b318a60"
}