PM - Reduce Access to Opioids

Potential Measures

As you add potential measures, please include a description, calculations for the measure and possible data sources.

Measure	Description	Calculations	Data Source
Ease of Accessing Opioids Rating (1-10)	How difficult is it to access opioids? This rating is the average from a series of focus groups and surveys done twice a year to rate how easy it is to: 1) get prescriptions (when not really needed), 2) get or steal prescription opioids, 3) buy prescription opioids on the street, 4) buy heroin, or 5) buy synthetic opioids (fentanyl, etc.)	This would be a weighted (probably weighted equally) average of five ratings on a scale of 1 to 10. The data would be collected twice a year with a diverse group from different populations being asked to provide the rating for each of the categories. Even if the measures are not super-accurate, they would likely show insights such as major changes in the availability of stealing prescription drugs (hopefully resulting from the combination of strategies being implemented.)	Work needs to be done on the best way to get these ratings, but people who have recently started recovery or entered a program like an Angel program or who are part of a harm reduction program would be examples of people who might give reliable information. Their input could be combined with that of law enforcement and healthcare officials or students or others to come up with the rating for each type of opioid. A clearly defined rubric would help improve the accuracy of the data.