[HTML][HTML] Influence of opioid prescribing standards on health outcomes among patients with long-term opioid use: a longitudinal cohort study

RL Morrow, K Bassett, JM Wright, G Carney… - … Open Access Journal, 2020 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia introduced opioid
prescribing standards and guidelines in mid-2016 in British Columbia. We evaluated …

Influence of opioid prescribing standards on drug use among patients with long-term opioid use: a longitudinal cohort study

RL Morrow, K Bassett, JM Wright, G Carney… - … Open Access Journal, 2019 - cmajopen.ca
Background: In mid-2016, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
(CPSBC) issued prescribing standards and guidelines relating to opioid drugs. We …

[HTML][HTML] High-dose opioid prescribing and opioid-related hospitalization: a population-based study

L Spooner, K Fernandes, D Martins, D Juurlink… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Aims To examine the impact of national clinical practice guidelines and provincial drug
policy interventions on prevalence of high-dose opioid prescribing and rates of …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of opioid prescription policy on overdoses and related adverse effects in a primary care population

VS Harder, TB Plante, I Koh, EB Rogers… - Journal of general …, 2021 - Springer
Background In response to the opioid epidemic, many states have enacted policies limiting
opioid prescriptions. There is a paucity of evidence of the impact of opioid prescribing …

Opioid overdose hospitalization trajectories in states with and without opioid-dosing guidelines

JM Sears, D Fulton-Kehoe, BA Schulman… - Public Health …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: High-risk opioid-prescribing practices contribute to a national epidemic of opioid-
related morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study was to determine whether the …

Opioid prescribing and health outcomes in opioid-naive patients: analysis of a statewide health information exchange

S Udayachalerm, MJ Bair, KSI Plake, CY Huang… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Widespread use of prescription opioids is associated with adverse outcomes.
Objective To identify factors associated with adverse health outcomes and health care use …

Changes in opioid prescribing following the implementation of state policies limiting morphine equivalent daily dose in a commercially insured population

SE Heins, RC Castillo - Medical care, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Prescription opioid mortality doubled 2002–2016 in the United States. Given
the association between high-dose opioid prescribing and opioid mortality, several states …

Opioid dosing among patients with 3 or more years of continuous prescription opioid use before and after the CDC opioid prescribing guideline

J Salas, X Li, H Xian, MD Sullivan, JC Ballantyne… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Opioid doses declined after the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) opioid
prescribing guideline was published. However, it is unknown if dose declines occurred in …

[PDF][PDF] Opioid prescribing patterns in British Columbia from 2013 to 2017: a population-based study.

L Yefet, J Bone, R Courtemanche, G Lauder… - BC Medical …, 2021 - bcmj.org
Opioid prescribing patterns in British Columbia from 2013 to 2017: a population-based study.
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Suboptimal Opioid Prescribing: A Practice Change Project.

LS Young, RS Crausman… - Rhode Island Medical …, 2018 - search.ebscohost.com
In the US in 2015, the proportion of people dependent on opioids approached one percent,
and opioid overdose rivaled auto accidents as the leading cause of accidental death. The …