prescribing practices

Prescription Opioid Abuse: Challenges and Opportunities for Payers

Author: 

Katz, Nathaniel P. MD, MS; Birnbaum, Howard PhD; Brennan, Michael J. MD; Freedman, John D. MD; Gilmore, Gary P. RPh; Jay, Dennis BS; Kenna, George A. PhD, RPh; Madras, Bertha K. PhD; McElhaney, Lisa BS; Weiss, Roger D. MD; White, Alan G. PhD

Publication Date: 

2013

Publication: 
American Journal of Managed Care 2013;19(4):295-302
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Tags: economic costs, fraud, journal articles, medical claims data, opioid treatment, prescribing practices, REMS, third party payers

A.D.H.D. Seen in 11% of U.S. Children as Diagnoses Rise

Publication: 
The New York Times
Publication Date: 

March 31, 2013

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Tags: ADHD, news articles, prescribing practices, stimulants

Viewpoint: Are Doctors to Blame for Prescription Drug Abuse?

Publication: 
Time
Publication Date: 

November 26, 2012

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Tags: chronic pain, news articles, opioid treatment, prescribing practices

Measures Such As Interstate Cooperation Would Improve The Efficacy Of Programs To Track Controlled Drug Prescriptions

Publication: 
Health Affairs, Web First Media Advisory, Press Release
Publication Date: 

February 13, 2013

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Tags: effectiveness of prescription control, news articles, PDMP Center of Excellence, prescribing practices, prescription monitoring, press release

Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions

Publication: 
The New York Times
Publication Date: 

February 2, 2013

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Tags: Adderall, ADHD, drug abuse on campus, news articles, opioid abuse, prescriber education, prescribing practices

Rising painkiller addiction shows damage from drugmakers’ role in shaping medical opinion

Publication: 
Washington Post
Publication Date: 

December 30, 2012

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Tags: addiction, news articles, Ohio, opioid abuse, pharmaceutical companies, prescriber education, prescribing practices

Characteristics of prescribers whose patients shop for opioids: Results from a cohort study

Author: 

Cepeda, M. Soledad, MD, PhD; Fife, Daniel, MD; Berlin, Jesse A., ScD; Mastrogiovanni, Gregory, BS; Yuan, Yingli, PhD

Publication Date: 

September/October 2012

Publication: 
Journal of Opioid Management; 8:5; pp. 285-291
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Tags: doctor shopping, journal articles, logistic regression model, opioid abuse, prescribing practices, survey data

Why Doctors Prescribe Opioids to Known Opioid Abusers

Author: 

Lembke, Anna M.D.

Publication Date: 

October 25, 2012

Publication: 
New England Journal of Medicine. 2012; 367:1580-1581
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Tags: addiction, journal articles, mandating PDMP use, pain management, prescribing practices

Geographic Variation in Opioid Prescribing in the U.S.

Author: 

McDonald, Douglas C., Carlson, Kenneth, Izrael, David

Publication Date: 

October 2012

Publication: 
The Journal of Pain, Vol 13, No. 10, pp 988-996
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Tags: geographic comparisons, geographic variation, journal articles, opioid treatment, prescribing patterns, prescribing practices

A national epidemic of unintentional prescription opioid overdose deaths: how physicians can help control it

Author: 

Paulozzi, L.J., Weisler, R.H., Patkar, A.A.

Publication Date: 

May 2011

Publication: 
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Tags: benzodiazepines, journal articles, opioid abuse, opioid treatment, prescribing practices

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