"Doctor and pharmacy shopping": A fading signal for prescription opioid use monitoring?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108618
Abstract: BACKGROUND The term "doctor and pharmacy shopping" colloquially describes patients with high multiple provider episodes (MPEs)-a threshold count of distinct prescribers and/or pharmacies involved in prescription fulfillment. Opioid-related MPEs are implicated in the global opioid… read more here.
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