Year: 2017
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The misuse of prescription opioids has become a serious epidemic in the US.In response, states have implemented Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), which record a patient's opioid prescribing history.While few providers participated in early systems, states have recently begun to require providers to access the PDMP under certain circumstances.We find that "must access" PDMPs significantly reduce measures of misuse in Medicare Part D. In contrast, we find that PDMPs without such provisions have no effect.We find stronger effects when providers are required to access the PDMP under broad circumstances, not only when they are suspicious.
DOI: 10.3386/w23148
Authors: Thomas Buchmueller, Colleen Carey
Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Michigan
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W2892233492