The majority of opioid prescriptions in Israel between 2010 and 2020 involved a small minority of physicians and of patients: policy implications
Ehud Kaliner, Matan J Cohen, Adam J Rose, Reuven L Dressler · 2025
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Ehud Kaliner and co-authors charted opioid prescribing in Israel in two thousand twenty-five. They used records from the country's largest health fund. The fund serves about five million people. The study window ran from twenty ten to twenty twenty. Cancer patients were excluded from the analysis. The team counted prescribers per patient and patients per prescriber.
Most opioid volume traced to few doctors and few patients. A small minority of physicians wrote the bulk of prescriptions. Likewise, a small patient group received most supply. Many patients got opioids from doctors they were not registered with. That pattern raises oversight questions for regulators. Targeted review could focus on the heavy tail. The authors draw direct lessons for national policy.
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| CREATOR | Ehud Kaliner, Matan J Cohen, Adam J Rose, Reuven L Dressler |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |