In 2014, Connecticut’s per capita rate of opioid-related ED
visits was 37% higher than the national average and our inpatient visit rate was
28% higher according to a new report
by AHRQ. While those rates grew between 2009 and 2014 in almost every state,
Connecticut’s growth rates were among the lowest in the nation. Opioid-related
ED visits per capita grew by 51% compared to the national average of 65.5% and
our inpatient rates grew by 29%, very close to the national rate. Connecticut
is joined by other northeastern states with high opioid-related hospital visit
rates. Massachusetts had by far the highest ED rates in 2014 at two and a half
times the national rate. Maryland topped the list for opioid-related inpatient stays.
