Emergency Department Provider Perspectives on Benzodiazepine-Opioid Coprescribing: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Benzodiazepines and opioids are prescribed simultaneously (i.e., "coprescribed") in many clinical settings, despite guidelines advising against this practice and mounting evidence that concomitant use of both medications increases overdose risk. This study sought to characterize the contexts in which benzodiazepine-opioid coprescribing occurs and providers' reasons for coprescribing.

Methods

We conducted focus groups with emergency department (ED) providers (resident and attending physicians, advanced practice providers, and pharmacists) from three hospitals using semistructured interviews to elicit perspectives on benzodiazepine-opioid coprescribing. Discussions were audio-recorded and transcribed. We performed qualitative content analysis of the resulting transcr

SUBMITTER: Kim HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5764790 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature