Implementation and enforcement of state opioid prescribing laws.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the role overprescribing has played in the U.S. opioid crisis, in the past decade states have enacted four main types of laws to curb opioid prescribing: mandatory prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) enrollment laws requiring clinicians to register with a PDMP; mandatory PDMP query laws requiring clinicians to check a PDMP prior to prescribing opioids; pill mill laws regulating pain management clinics; and opioid prescribing cap laws limiting the dose/duration of opioid prescriptions. While 47 states now have one or more of these laws in place, little is known about implementation and enforcement strategies, facilitators, and barriers.

Methods

From November 2017 to February 2019, we interviewed 114 professionals involved in state opioid pres

SUBMITTER: Stone EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7371528 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature