Opioid Prescribing Among Adults With Disabilities in the United States After the 2014 Federal Hydrocodone Rescheduling Regulation.

Victor LiawYong-Fang KuoMukaila A RajiJacques Baillargeon

Published in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2020)

The 2014 federal rescheduling of hydrocodone was associated with only minor changes in overall and potentially high-risk opioid-prescribing rates. Neither state variation in long-term prescribing nor beneficiary characteristics explained the changes in persistently high opioid-prescribing rates among adults with disabilities after the 2014 regulation. Future studies should examine patient and provider characteristics underlying the persistent high-risk prescribing patterns in this population.

Keyphrases

primary care
chronic pain
pain management
adverse drug
emergency department