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Opioid Shopping Behavior: How Often, How Soon, Which Drugs, and What Payment Method

Author: 

Cepeda, MS; Fife, D; Chow, W; Mastrogiovanni, G; Henderson, SC.

Publication Date: 

2012

Publication: 
The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 53(1) 112–117
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Assessing opioid shopping behaviour: a large cohort study from a medication dispensing database in the US

Author: 

Cepeda, MS; Fife, D; Chow, W; Mastrogiovanni; G, Henderson, SC

Publication Date: 

April 1, 2012

Publication: 
Drug Safety 35(4):325-34
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Tags: doctor shopping, journal articles, opioids, thresholds

An analysis of the number of multiple prescribers for opioids utilizing data from the California Prescription Monitoring Program

Author: 

Wilsey, B.L., Fishman, S.M., Gilson, A.M., Casamalhuapa, C., Baxi, H., Lin, T.C., Li, C.S.

Publication Date: 

December 2011

Publication: 
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
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Tags: California, doctor shopping, journal articles, thresholds

Which indicators can public health authorities use to monitor prescription drug abuse and evaluate the impact of regulatory measures? Controlling High Dosage Buprenorphine abuse.

Author: 

Pauly, V., Frauger, E., Pradel, V., Rouby, F., Berbis, J., Natali, F., Reggio, P., Coudert, H., Micallef, J., Thirion, X.

Publication Date: 

Jan 1, 2011

Publication: 
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 113(1):29-36.
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Tags: buprenorphine, doctor shopping, France, journal articles, regulating medical practice, thresholds

Analytic models to identify patients at risk for prescription opioid abuse

Author: 

White, Alan G., Birnbaum, H. G., Schiller, M., Tang, J., Katz, N. P.

Publication Date: 

2009

Publication: 
The American Journal of Managed Care; 15: 12 897-906
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Tags: algorithms, demographic characteristics, false positives, identifying diversion and misuse, journal articles, Maine, medical claims data, opioid abuse, PMP data, pseudoaddiction, risk factors, thresholds

Prevalence and determinants of pharmacy shopping behaviour

Author: 

Buurma, H., et al

Publication Date: 

2008

Publication: 
Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics; 33: 17–23
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Tags: algorithms, demographic characteristics, identifying diversion and misuse, journal articles, medical claims data, Netherlands, pharmacy shopping, thresholds

Impact of a prescription monitoring program on doctor-shopping for high dosage buprenorphine

Author: 

Pradel, V., et al

Publication Date: 

2009

Publication: 
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety; 18: 36–43
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Tags: algorithms, doctor shopping, France, identifying diversion and misuse, journal articles, PMP data, prescribing patterns, regulating medical practice, surveillance, thresholds

Usefulness of prescription monitoring programs for surveillance: analysis of Schedule II opioid prescription data in Massachusetts, 1996–2006

Author: 

Katz, N., et al.

Publication Date: 

2010

Publication: 
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety; 19:115–123.
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Tags: doctor shopping, epidemiology, false negatives, false positives, identifying diversion and misuse, journal articles, Massachusetts, opioid abuse, oxycodone, pain management, PMP data, prescribing patterns, surveillance, thresholds

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