Top Diagnoses for Opioid Prescriptions in the MAPC Database

Top Diagnoses for which an Opioid is Prescribed in the MAPC Database. The dataset is a 9.5 KB Excel file authored by Alicia Sasser Modestino and last updated on May 27, 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze the most common medical conditions associated with opioid prescriptions based on the described diagnostic data.
• Study prescribing patterns for specific diagnoses mentioned in the dataset title.
• Benchmark opioid prescription rates across different diagnostic categories.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.
• File size is 9.5 KB, indicating a focused and manageable scope for initial analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

MAPC Database (likely a specific medical or administrative database).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 17:30:48; freshness should be verified.