Comparison of a national commercial pharmacy naloxone data source to state and city pharmacy naloxone data sources-Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York City, 2013-2019.

Avik ChatterjeeShapei YanAudrey LambertJake R MorganTraci C GreenPhilip J JengAli JalaliZiming XuanMaxwell KriegerBrandon D L MarshallAlexander Y WalleySean M Murphy

Published in: Health services research (2023)

Policymakers must be able to monitor the quantity and location of NDEs in order to combat the opioid crisis. In regions where NDEs are not required to be reported to PDMPs, proprietary pharmaceutical claims datasets may be useful alternatives, with a need for local expertise to assess dataset-specific variability.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
big data
public health
chronic pain
pain management
drinking water
quality improvement
machine learning