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SUBMITTER: Maust DT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6258632 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maust Donovan T DT Lin Lewei A LA Blow Frederic C FC Marcus Steven C SC
Journal of general internal medicine 20180924 12
<h4>Background</h4>Physicians widely prescribe benzodiazepines (BZD) despite well-recognized harms.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine county and provider characteristics that predict high-intensity BZD prescribing by primary care physicians (PCPs) to Medicare beneficiaries.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional analysis of the 2015 Medicare Part D Public Use Files (PUF).<h4>Subjects</h4>n = 122,054 PCPs who prescribed 37.3 billion medication days.<h4>Main measures</h4>Primary outcome was intensity of BZD pr ...[more]