Fig. 1
From: Denial of prescription pain medication among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Prescription denial rates, overall and stratified by analgesic type, Vancouver, Canada, December 2012–March 2020. Prescription denial rates among 4179 participant interviews reporting pain and denial of prescription for analgesics by six-month reporting period, Vancouver, Canada, December 2012 to March 2020. * Participants were asked what pain medication they requested in June 2013 onwards, meaning these data are not available for the first interview period (n = 332). †Non-specified refers to participants who did not specify what pain medication they requested at the time of the interview (e.g., ‘anything for my back pain,’ ‘something stronger than over-the-counter medication’)