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Can General Practitioner Opioid Prescribing to Compensated Workers with Low Back Pain Be Detected Using Administrative Payments Data? An Exploratory Study.

Jennifer VoShannon Elise GrayAdrian C TraegerMichael F Di Donato
Published in: Journal of occupational rehabilitation (2024)
At least one third of opioids dispensed to workers with claims for LBP can be potentially linked to GP prescribing using workers' compensation structured administrative payments data. This approach could have potential applications in supporting monitoring and audit and feedback systems. Future research should test this approach with a more diverse array of pain medicines and medical practitioners.
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