Median Household Income

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Highlighted claims

• An inverse relationship between median household income and per-capita meperidine distribution was statistically significant in both 2022 and 2023. — Patterns in meperidine distribution and associations with income and obesity in the USA and Puerto Rico between 2019 and 2023: a retrospective study
• The correlation between median household income and meperidine distribution strengthened substantially from 2022 (r = −0.38) to 2023 (r = −0.58). — Patterns in meperidine distribution and associations with income and obesity in the USA and Puerto Rico between 2019 and 2023: a retrospective study
• Southern states such as Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama consistently occupied the high-meperidine, low-income quadrant in scatter plots. — Patterns in meperidine distribution and associations with income and obesity in the USA and Puerto Rico between 2019 and 2023: a retrospective study
• Meperidine's relatively low cost is proposed as the mechanism driving its higher use in lower-income healthcare settings, particularly for labour analgesia. — Patterns in meperidine distribution and associations with income and obesity in the USA and Puerto Rico between 2019 and 2023: a retrospective study
• The income-meperidine association raises equity questions about whether cost barriers prevent providers in lower-income regions from prescribing safer, more expensive opioid alternatives. — Patterns in meperidine distribution and associations with income and obesity in the USA and Puerto Rico between 2019 and 2023: a retrospective study