Comparing measures of centrality in bipartite patient-prescriber networks: A study of drug seeking for opioid analgesics.

ABSTRACT: Visiting multiple prescribers is a common method for obtaining prescription opioids for nonmedical use and has played an important role in fueling the United States opioid epidemic, leading to increased drug use disorder and overdose. Recent studies show that centrality of the bipartite network formed by prescription ties between patients and prescribers of opioids is a promising indicator for drug seeking. However, node prominence in bipartite networks is typically estimated with methods that do not fully account for the two-mode topology of the underlying network. Although several algorithms have been proposed recently to address this challenge, it is unclear how these algorithms perform on real-world networks. Here, we compare their performance in the context of identifying opioid drug

SUBMITTER: Yang KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9426918 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature