The importance of data source in prescription drug monitoring program research.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a legal research protocol for identifying various measures of prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) start dates, apply the protocol to create a useable PDMP database, and test whether the different legal databases that are meant to contain the same information produce divergent results when used in an illustrative empirical exercise.

Data sources

Original research from state statutes, regulations, policy statements, and interviews; alternative PDMP data from the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws and Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System; claims from a 40 percent random sample of Medicare beneficiaries, 2006-2014.

Study design

Collaborative research effort among a group of lawyers to develop protocol. Legal research to produce an or

SUBMITTER: Horwitz JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968938 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature