Claims-based measures of prescription opioid utilization: A practical guide for researchers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the increased attention to the opioid epidemic and the role of inappropriate prescribing, there has been a marked increase in the number of studies using claims data to study opioid use and policies designed to curb misuse. Our objective is to review the medical literature for recent studies that use claims data to construct opioid use measures and to develop a guide for researchers using these measures.

Methods

We searched for articles relating to opioid use measured in health insurance claims data using a defined set of search terms for the years 2014-2020. Original research articles based in the United States that used claims-based measures of opioid utilization were included and information on the study population and measures of any opioid use, quantity

SUBMITTER: Heins SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature