Prescribing Practices, Knowledge, and Use of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) by a National Sample of Medical Toxicologists, 2012

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-352

  Perrone, Jeanmarie ^a   DeRoos, Francis J ^a   Nelson, Lewis S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioid diversion; Opioid misuse; Prescription drug monitoring programs; Safe opioid prescribing

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRUG PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870709727     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-012-0250-2     Document Type: Article

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