Understanding State-Level Variations in Implementing Academic Detailing for Prescribing Opioids: Findings from 11 States Within the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Academic detailing is a clinical education technique characterized by targeted, one-on-one, interactive conversations between trained staff and the clinician. This study describes variations in implementing academic detailing among jurisdictions receiving funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent prescription drug overdoses.

Design

In 2015, CDC started the Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention for States (PfS) program.

Subjects

This study focuses on 11 of the 29 funded jurisdictions that implemented academic detailing as part of their PfS efforts.

Methods

Jurisdictions provided annual progress reports from 2016 to 2019. We conducted semistructured interviews in 2017 and 2018 with all funded jurisdictions and con

SUBMITTER: Underwood NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11215816 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature