Association Between State Opioid Prescribing Cap Laws and Receipt of Opioid Prescriptions Among Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

High-dose and long-duration opioid prescriptions remain relatively common among children and adolescents, but there is insufficient research on the association of state laws limiting the dose and/or duration of opioid prescriptions (referred to as opioid prescribing cap laws) with opioid prescribing for this group.

Objective

To examine the association between state opioid prescribing cap laws and the receipt of opioid prescriptions among children and adolescents.

Design setting and participants

This repeated cross-sectional study used a difference-in-differences approach accounting for staggered policy adoption to assess the association of state opioid prescribing cap laws in the US from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2019, with receipt of opioid prescrip

SUBMITTER: Stone EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356320 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature