Prescriptions for schedule II opioids and benzodiazepines increase after the introduction of computer-generated prescriptions

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 508-512

  McGerald, Genevieve ^a   Dvorkin, Ronald ^a   Levy, David ^a   Lovell Rose, Stephanie ^a   Sharma, Adhi ^a  

^a Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Computer; Opioid; Prescriptions; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCODONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER GENERATED PRESCRIPTION SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OXYCODONE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67149120604     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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