Opioid prescription patterns among patients who doctor shop; Implications for providers.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Patients who doctor shop for opioids are a vulnerable population that present a difficult dilemma for their health care providers regarding best methods of immediate treatment and how to manage their risk of harm from opioids. We aim to describe and compare opioid prescription patterns among high quantity prescription patients who doctor shopped, high quantity prescription patients who did not (doctor shopping eligible patients), and the remaining patients who received opioid prescriptions to guide population health policies for high risk opioid use patients. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of opioid prescriptions during an 8-year period using California's de-identified Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) database f

SUBMITTER: Schneberk T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7250533 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature