Influence of Opioid Prescription Policy on Overdoses and Related Adverse Effects in a Primary Care Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to the opioid epidemic, many states have enacted policies limiting opioid prescriptions. There is a paucity of evidence of the impact of opioid prescribing interventions in primary care populations, including whether unintended consequences arise from limiting the availability of prescribed opioids.

Objective

Our aim was to compare changes in opioid overdose and related adverse effects rate among primary care patients following the implementation of state-level prescribing policies.

Design

A cohort of primary care patients within an interrupted time series model.

Participants

Electronic medical record data for 62,776 adult (18+ years) primary care patients from a major medical center in Vermont from January 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018.

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SUBMITTER: Harder VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298594 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature