Naloxone prescribing practices in the Military Health System before and after policy implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite public health campaigns, policies, and educational programs, naloxone prescription rates among people receiving opioids remains low. In June 2018, the U.S. Military Health System (MHS) released 2 policies to improve naloxone prescribing.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to examine whether the policies resulted in increased naloxone coprescription rates for patients who met the criteria for 1 or more risk indicators (eg, long-term opioid therapy, benzodiazepine coprescription, morphine equivalent daily dose ≥50 mg, and elevated overdose risk score) at the time of opioid dispense.

Methods

Prescription and risk indicator data from January 2017 to February 2021 were extracted from the MHS Data Repository. Naloxone coprescription rates from J

SUBMITTER: Pakieser J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8923585 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature