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SUBMITTER: Wen H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6824582 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wen Hefei H Hockenberry Jason M JM Jeng Philip J PJ Bao Yuhua Y
Health affairs (Project Hope) 20190901 9
Comprehensive mandates for prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) require state-licensed prescribers and dispensers both to register with and to use the programs in most clinical circumstances. Such mandates have the potential to improve providers' participation and reduce opioid-related adverse events. Using Medicaid prescription data and hospital utilization data across the US in the period 2011-16, we found that state implementation of comprehensive PDMP mandates was associated with a ...[more]