How Does Use of a Prescription Monitoring Program Change Medical Practice?

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1314-1323

  Green, Traci C ^a,b   Mann, Marita R ^a   Bowman, Sarah E ^a   Zaller, Nickolas ^b,c   Soto, Xaviel ^d   Gadea, John ^e   Cordy, Catherine ^e   Kelly, Patrick ^e   Friedmann, Peter D ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection ^*  (United States)

^e RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Nonmedical use; Prescription monitoring programs; Prescription opioids; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG MONITORING; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; RISK; SCREENING TEST; SHOPPING;

EID: 84867584559     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01452.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Hall AJ, Logan JE, Toblin RL, etal. Patterns of abuse among unintentional pharmaceutical overdose fatalities. JAMA 2008;2613-20.
2. Paulozzi LJ. Opioid analgesic involvement in drug abuse deaths in American metropolitan areas. Am J Public Health 2006;96(10):1755-7.
3. Paulozzi LJ, Ballesteros MF, Stevens JA. Recent trends in mortality from unintentional injury in the United States. J Safety Res 2006;37(3):277-83.
4. Paulozzi LJ, Budnitz DS, Xi Y. Increasing deaths from opioid analgesics in the United States. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2006;15(9):618-27.
5. Paulozzi LJ, Ryan GW. Opioid analgesics and rates of fatal drug poisoning in the United States. Am J Prev Med 2006;31(6):506-11.
6. Coben JH, Davis SM, Furbee PM, etal. Hospitalizations for poisoning by prescription opioids, sedatives, and tranquilizers. Am J Prev Med 2010;38(5):517-24.
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Emergency department visits involving nonmedical use of selected prescription drugs-United States, 2004-2008. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010;59:705-9.
8. Braden JB, Russo J, Fan M-Y, etal. Emergency department visits among recipients of chronic opioid therapy. Arch Intern Med 2010;170(16):1425-32.
9. Wisniewski AM, Purdy CH, Blondell RD. The epidemiologic association between opioid prescribing, non-medical use, and emergency department visits. J Addict Dis 2008;27(1):1-11.
10. Shah NG, Lathrop SL, Reichard RR, Landen MG. Unintentional drug overdose death trends in New Mexico, USA, 1990-2005: Combinations of heroin, cocaine, prescription opioids and alcohol. Addiction 2008;103(1):126-36.
11. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National Center for Health Statistics Homepage. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/NCHS/. 2011 (accessed September 2011).
12. SAMHSA. State Estimates of Substance Use and Mental Disorders from the 2008-2009 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. 2011 Rockville, MD: HHS Publication No. (SMA) 11-46412011.
13. U.S. Government Accountability Office. Prescription drugs: State monitoring programs provide useful tool to reduce diversion. Washington, DC 2002 May. 2002 Contract No.: GAO-02-634.
14. Albert S, Brason FW 2nd, Sanford CK, etal. Project Lazarus: Community-based overdose prevention in rural North Carolina. Pain Med 2011;12(suppl 2):S77-85.
15. Twillman R. Impact of prescription monitoring programs on prescription patterns and indicators of opioid abuse. J Pain 2006;7:S6.
16. Green TC, Zaller N, Rich J, Bowman S, Friedmann P. Revisiting Paulozzi etal.'s "Prescription drug monitoring programs and death rates from drug overdose." Pain Med 2011;12(6):982-5.
17. Baehren DF, Marco CA, Droz DE, etal. A statewide prescription monitoring program affects emergency department prescribing behaviors. Ann Emerg Med 2010;56(1):19-23. e1-3.
18. Anness BA, Willey CJ, Taubman AH. Physician attitudes toward the Rhode Island duplicate prescription law and self-reported prescribing practices for schedule ii medications. Clin Res Regul Aff 1995;12(4):283-306.
19. Shosteck H, Fairweather WR. Physician response rates to mail and personal interview surveys. Public Opin Q 1979;43(2):206-17.
20. Shirts BH, Perera S, Hanlon JT, etal. Provider management of and satisfaction with laboratory testing in the nursing home setting: Results of a national internet-based survey. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2009;10(3):161-6. e3.
21. Braithwaite D, Sutton S, Smithson WH, Emery J. Internet-based risk assessment and decision support for the management of familial cancer in primary care: A survey of GPs' attitudes and intentions. Fam Pract 2002;19(6):587-90.
22. Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Berlin JA, Asch DA. Randomized trial of 5 dollars versus 10 dollars monetary incentives, envelope size, and candy to increase physician response rates to mailed questionnaires. Med Care 2002;40(9):834-9.
23. Halpern SD, Asch DA. Commentary: Improving response rates to mailed surveys: What do we learn from randomized controlled trials? Int J Epidemiol 2003;32(4):637-8.
24. Justice Policy Institute. Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety. Washington, DC: Justice Policy Institute 2008.
25. Martyres RF, Clode D, Burns JM. Seeking drugs or seeking help? Escalating "doctor shopping" by young heroin users before fatal overdose. Med J Aust 2004;180(5):211-4.
26. Paulozzi LJ, Kilbourne EM, Desai HA. Prescription drug monitoring programs and death rates from drug overdose. Pain Med 2011;12(5):747-54.
27. Beletsky L, Ruthazer R, Macalino GE, etal. Physicians' knowledge of and willingness to prescribe naloxone to reverse accidental opiate overdose: Challenges and opportunities. J Urban Health 2007;84(1):126-36.
28. Rich JD, Green TC, McKenzie MS. Opioids and deaths. N Engl J Med 2011;364(7):686.
29. Cummings SM, Savitz LA, Konrad TR. Reported response rates to mailed physician questionnaires. Health Serv Res 2001;35(6):1347-55.
30. Braithwaite D, Emery J, De Lusignan S, Sutton S. Using the Internet to conduct surveys of health professionals: A valid alternative? Fam Pract 2003;20(5):545-51.
31. Kim HL, Gerber GS, Patel RV, Hollowell CM, Bales GT. Practice patterns in the treatment of female urinary incontinence: A postal and internet survey. Urology 2001;57(1):45-8.
32. Rodriguez HP, von Glahn T, Rogers WH, etal. Evaluating patients' experiences with individual physicians: A randomized trial of mail, internet, and interactive voice response telephone administration of surveys. Med Care 2006;44(2):167-74.
33. McMahon SR, Iwamoto M, Massoudi MS, etal. Comparison of e-mail, fax, and postal surveys of pediatricians. Pediatrics 2003;111(4 Pt 1):e299-303.
34. Association of American Medical Colleges. State Physician Workforce Data Book. Washington, DC: Author; 2011.