The Association of Patient Satisfaction-Based Incentives with Primary Care Physician Opioid Prescribing.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The opioid epidemic in the United States is an ongoing public health concern. Health care institutions use standardized patient satisfaction surveys to assess the patient experience and some offer incentives to their providers based on the results. We hypothesized that providers who report being incentivized based on patient satisfaction surveys are more likely to report an impact of such surveys on their opioid prescribing practices.

Methods

We developed a 23-item survey instrument to assess the self-perceived impact of patient satisfaction surveys on opioid prescribing practices in primary care and the potential impact of institutional incentives. The survey was emailed to all 1404 members of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians.

Results

The response ra

SUBMITTER: Carrico JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6396292 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature