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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedKennedy-Hendricks A, Busch SH, McGinty EE
Primary care physicians' perspectives on the prescription opioid epidemic.
The authors aimed to determine primary care physicians' perceptions of the seriousness of the prescription opioid epidemic, its causes, groups responsible for addressing it, attitudes toward individuals with prescription opioid use disorder, beliefs about the effectiveness of addiction treatments, and support for various policies. They found that respondents largely attributed the causes to individual-oriented factors and certain physician-oriented factors, and that respondents believed that individuals with prescription opioid use disorder and physicians were primarily responsible for addressing the problem. The researchers also found that negative attitudes toward people with prescription opioid use disorder were prevalent, but a majority believed that treatment could be effective.
AHRQ-funded; HS000029.
Citation: Kennedy-Hendricks A, Busch SH, McGinty EE .
Primary care physicians' perspectives on the prescription opioid epidemic.
Drug Alcohol Depend 2016 Aug 1;165:61-70. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.05.010.
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Keywords: Behavioral Health, Medication, Opioids, Primary Care, Substance Abuse
Penti B, Liebschutz JM, Kopcza B
Novel peer review method for improving controlled substance prescribing in primary care.
The authors sought to determine if peer feedback through a chart review tool (CRT) can impact opioid prescribing for patients with chronic noncancer pain in an outpatient family medicine clinic at an urban, safety-net teaching hospital. They reviewed 99 patient charts from 14 physicians over 1 year. They found that the mean dose of opioids decreased 2.6 mg morphine equivalent dose (MED)/day from time of chart review until the end of the project, compared to a 6.9 mg MED/day increase that occurred from 12 months prior to chart review to the time of chart review, and 14 patients were taken off of opioids after the chart review.
AHRQ-funded; HS022242.
Citation: Penti B, Liebschutz JM, Kopcza B .
Novel peer review method for improving controlled substance prescribing in primary care.
J Opioid Manag 2016 Jul-Aug;12(4):269-79. doi: 10.5055/jom.2016.0342.
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Keywords: Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Medication, Opioids, Primary Care, Practice Patterns