Association of Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs With Opioid Prescriptions Among Medicare Patients Treated by a Medical or Hematologic Oncologist
Ilana Graetz, Courtney R. Yarbrough, Xin Hu, David H. Howard
Abstract
This cohort study examines the association between prescription drug monitoring program mandates with and without a cancer exemption and the percent of oncologists’ patients with any opioid prescription covered by Medicare Part D.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMedical prescriptionPrescription drugFamily medicineDrugCohortCohort studyEmergency medicineInternal medicinePharmacologyOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPain Management and Opioid UsePharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes