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    These tools give you an interactive look at controlled substance prescribing and drug overdose trends at the state and county level, and prescribing trends by provider category at the state level.

    How to Use

    To get started, navigate to the dashboard you are interested in by using the buttons below. Each dashboard is interactive and includes using drop-down boxes or more information viewable by moving your mouse over the data visualizations. The data visualizations will automatically reflect the options you select. Reports with maps allow you to zoom in and out, as well as scroll through the different time periods to see changes over time.

    Technical Notes

    The emergency department overdose data presented represents data collected through syndromic surveillance.  Syndromic surveillance provides public health officials with a near real-time system for detecting, understanding, and monitoring health events. The Department utilizes portions of de-identified emergency department record data to identify suspected overdoses. These cases are not individually investigated. Additionally, not all overdose victims go to an emergency department. The overdose death data is compiled through death records from the Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries, as well as coroner and medical examiner records from participating counties. Please see Overdose Data Technical Notes for more information on how emergency department and death data was compiled.

    Prescribing data represents data submitted to the Pennsylvania PDMP by pharmacies and dispensing practitioners. Please see PDMP Data Technical Notes for more information on how this data was compiled.

    Prescribing data by category uses a dataset that combines PDMP controlled substance data and provider classification data from the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS).  Please see the PDMP Data by Prescriber Category Technical Notes for more information on how this data was compiled.

    Reports

    PDMP Data - Controlled Substance Dispensations

    PDMP Data - Controlled Substance Dispensations

    PDMP Data - Controlled Substance Dispensations
    Drug Overdose Surveillance

    Drug Overdose Surveillance

    Drug Overdose Surveillance
    PDMP Data by Prescriber Category

    PDMP Data by Prescriber Category

    PDMP Data by Prescriber Category

    Contact Information

    For questions about the interactive data report, please consult the technical notes or email ra-dh-pdmp@pa.gov.

    Disclaimer

    The Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention is continuously working to improve the quality and timeliness of the data. The interactive data report represents a snapshot of PDMP and overdose data as of the date they were analyzed and is subject to change.

    Troubleshooting

    If you are using Internet Explorer and the dashboard does not load, please try using a different web browser such as Firefox, Chrome or Safari and notify us via email at ra-dh-pdmp@pa.gov.

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