Accuracy and validity of reported opioid prescription days' supply.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The primary objective of this study was to estimate the percentage of opioid analgesic (OA) prescriptions dispensed by Kentucky independent pharmacies with correctly entered days' supply in the state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) system in 2019.

Methods

Using a two-stage cluster design, pharmacies were sampled with probabilities proportional to the volume of dispensed OAs; 100 random OA prescriptions were sampled from PDMP records submitted by each pharmacy. Following recruitment, demographic information and hard-copy prescription data for sampled records were abstracted on-site. Days' supply was independently calculated by two pharmacists using a standard formula with disagreements adjudicated blindly by a third pharmacist. Adjudicated days' supply was

SUBMITTER: Miracle DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9729389 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature