Opioid crisis beliefs U.S. patients 2019

This statistic depicts beliefs among U.S. patients about who is responsible for the current opioid crisis as of 2019. According to this survey, 53 percent of patients believed that pharmaceutical companies are responsible for the opioid epidemic, while 9 percent indicated that pharmacists also hold responsibility for the current crisis.

Responsibility for the current opioid crisis according to U.S. patients as of 2019

Characteristic	Percentage of patients
Pharmaceutical companies	53%
Physicians	39%
Patients	38%
Government	12%
Health insurance companies	9%
Pharmacists	9%
Someone else	3%
None of these	4%

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Release date

October 2019

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Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

September 4 to 13, 2019

Number of respondents

2,001 respondents

Age group

27 to 75 years

Special properties

had seen the same doctor at least two times in the past 12 months

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Who do you believe is most responsible for the current opioid crisis? While you may think all are responsible, please select the two you believe are most responsible."

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