Prescription Drug Monitoring and Child Maltreatment in the United States, 2004-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test whether a policy approach aimed at decreasing prescription drug misuse, specifically, state monitoring of controlled substance prescriptions-prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs)-were associated with changes in Child Protective Services-reported maltreatment prevalence.

Study design

Using a difference-in-differences design and maltreatment data (2004-2018) from 50 states and the District of Columbia, we compared the prevalence of total maltreatment incidents and total victims, in states with and without PDMPs, before and after implementation. Exploratory analyses further examined models disaggregated by maltreatment type (neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse) and among different racial/ethnic groups. Quasi-Poisson models includ

SUBMITTER: Bruzelius E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11575692 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature