Open AccessPrescription Opioid Access Patterns and Factors Associated with Increasing Number of Prescribers, Pharmacies, and Dispensings: An Observational Study Using Pharmaceutical Claims
Author(s) -
Bianca Blanch,
Louisa Degenhardt,
Nicholas A. Buckley,
Natasa Gisev,
Timothy Dobbins,
Emily A. Karanges,
Briony Larance,
Sarah Larney,
SallieAnne Pearson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx035
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , pharmacy , medical prescription , opioid abuse , opioid , emergency medicine , family medicine , pharmacology , receptor
To examine associations between patient factors and increasing opioid access measured by three metrics: number of unique prescribers, pharmacies, and dispensings in 12 months.
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