Prescription drug monitoring programs: Assessing the association between "best practices" and opioid use in Medicare.

Patience MoyoLinda Simoni-WastilaBeth Ann GriffinDonna HarringtonG Caleb AlexanderFrancis PalumboEberechukwu Onukwugha

Published in: Health services research (2019)

Comprehensive or minimal adoption of PDMP best practices was associated with mostly comparable effects on Medicare beneficiaries' opioid use; however, these effects were concentrated among nonelderly disabled adults.

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