Number Of Individuals on Medical Assistance (MA) Filling Naloxone Prescription CY 2015 - Current Annual County Human Services

data.pa.gov | Last Updated 22 Mar 2024

The county aggregate number of individuals on Medical Assistance (MA, Medicaid) who have filled a Naloxone Prescription. This includes all individuals on Medicaid. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist. It acts on the CNS to block the effects of narcotics, especially the "high'' feeling that makes you want to use them. It will not produce any narcotic-like effects or cause mental or physical dependence. Numbers are for the Calendar Year and updated with as current as possible until the next data refresh.

Tags: naloxone, opioid, prescription, oud, ma, medical, medicaid, narcotic

This dataset has the following 15 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
County Namecounty_nametextCase of County name (includes STATE as an option) where Individuals on MA (Medical Assistance) filing Naloxone Prescriptions
FIPS County Codefips_county_codetextThe FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 6-4) which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S. possessions, and certain freely associated states. Each State has its own 2-digit number and each County within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. For more technical details : Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions, and Associated Areas -- 90 Aug 31 , provides the names and codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States. Counties are considered to be the "first-order subdivisions" of each State and statistically equivalent entity, regardless of their local designations (county, parish, borough, etc.). Information gathered from census data -https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html
Beginning Year Datebeginning_year_datecalendar_dateBeginning day of the Year for County or Statewide data. Date in MM/DD/YYYY format.
YearyeartextTimeframe for count of people on MA (Medical Assistance) filing Naloxone Prescriptions
Date Reviseddate_revisedcalendar_dateDate County or Statewide data was last altered. Date in MM/DD/YYYY format.
CountcountnumberCalculated total of individuals for each county/STATE A null or blank field indicates the count is Non- Reportable/Suppressed (for any count that is 10 or less)
Count Descriptioncount_descriptiontextDescription for the meaning of the count column to be used to provide clarity and understanding of what the number or a null or blank or 0 in the count column represents and for use in visualizations.
Number of Recordsnumber_of_recordsnumberIdentifies number of values associated with this County/State
Time Measuretime_measuretextTime frame rate is based on Calendar year (January 1, 20XX to December 31, 20XX)
County Code Numbercounty_code_numbernumberThe number representation for the Pennsylvania County. They are 1 - 67 with 0 representing the state.
County Codecounty_codetextThe text representation for the Pennsylvania County. They are 01 - 67 with 00 representing the state. This provides a 2-digit text code that matches to codes in other files.
State FIPS Codestate_fips_codetextThese are the first 2 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the State association. Each State has its own 2-digit number and each County within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. For more technical details : Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions, and Associated Areas -- 90 Aug 31 , provides the names and codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States. Counties are considered to be the "first-order subdivisions" of each State and statistically equivalent entity, regardless of their local designations (county, parish, borough, etc.). Information gathered from census data - https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html
County FIPS Codecounty_fips_codetextThe FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 6-4) which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S. possessions, and certain freely associated states. This is the 3-digit part of the 5-digit county FIPS code specifically standing for the county.
Latitude/Longitudelatitude_longitudelocationThe latitude and longitude of the county centroid in degrees, separated by a comma and enclosed in parentheses. Provides a point within the county so the data can be visualized in a map.
Georeferenced Latitude & Longitudegeocoded_columnpointGeoreferenced column as a point used for creating visuals such as maps. A generic point for reach county is supplied so a map can be created.This is a generic point for latitude and longitude in each county to give the ability to create visualizations such as map layers. The latitude and longitude for the state of Pennsylvanian will fall to the south east of Pennsylvania actually in Maryland so that the information for a statewide total can also be displayed on a map layer without affecting information in another county.