The impact of community-level prevention strategies on high-dose opioid dispensing rates: 2014-2019.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108988
Abstract: BACKGROUND Prescription opioids played a major role in the current opioid overdose epidemic. High rates of opioid prescribing and dispensing exposed many people to opioids, and high-dose opioid prescriptions (e.g., 90 morphine milligram equivalents [MME]… read more here.
Keywords: dispensing rates; high dose; 2014 2019; dose opioid ... See more keywords
Assessment of outcomes following high-dose opioid tapering in a Veterans Healthcare System.
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DOI: 10.5055/jom.2018.0436
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of tapering of chronic high dose opioid therapy in veterans prompted by the implementation of the Opioid Safety Initiative in 2013. DESIGN IRB and VA Office of Research and Development-approved… read more here.
Keywords: opioid therapy; system; high dose; dose opioid ... See more keywords
Identifying sociodemographic profiles of veterans at risk for high-dose opioid prescribing using classification and regression trees.
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DOI: 10.5055/jom.2020.0599
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To identify sociodemographic profiles of patients prescribed high-dose opioids. DESIGN Cross-sectional cohort study. SETTING/PATIENTS Veterans dually-enrolled in Veterans Health Administration and Medicare Part D, with ≥1 opioid pre-scription in 2012. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We… read more here.
Keywords: sociodemographic profiles; chronic high; high dose; opioid prescribing ... See more keywords