Association Between Statewide Opioid Prescribing Interventions and Opioid Prescribing Patterns in North Carolina, 2006-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the impact of three sequential statewide policy and legislative interventions on opioid prescribing practices among privately insured individuals in North Carolina.

Methods

An interrupted time series approach was used to examine level and trajectory changes of new and prevalent opioid prescription rates, days' supply, and daily morphine milligram equivalents before and after implementation of a 1) prescription drug monitoring program, 2) state medical board initiative, and 3) legislative action. Analyses were conducted using individual-level claims data from a large private health insurance provider serving North Carolina residents, ages 18-64 years, from January 2006 to August 2018.

Results

Rates of new and prevalent prescription opioid patients

SUBMITTER: Maierhofer CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8665995 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature