Provider Perceptions of System-Level Opioid Prescribing and Addiction Treatment Policies

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• Alternative Title:
  Curr Opin Psychol
• Personal Author:
  Haffajee, Rebecca L. ; French, Cecelia A.
• Description:
  Stakeholders have implemented a multitude of system-level policies to address the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic. Because opioid prescribing partly fueled the crisis and because prescribing of medications for opioid addiction treatment is a key prevention strategy, it is critical to understand prescriber perceptions of policies in these domains. This article reviews prescriber awareness and opinions of the following system-level policies: opioid prescribing guidelines, prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), medications for addiction treatment, and naloxone distribution programs. Most providers are aware of these policies, especially PDMPs, albeit a smaller proportion actively participate in their implementation. Low engagement in certain system-level policies is concerning and deserves attention, given that prescribers play an integral role in achieving optimal impact and mitigating the crisis.
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Article Awareness Health Policy Humans Opioid-Related Disorders Opioid Prescribing Perceptions Policy Practice Patterns, Physicians' Prescription Drug Misuse Provider System-level United States

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• Source:
  Curr Opin Psychol. 30:65-73
• Pubmed ID:
  30856591
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7482312
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  KL2 TR002241/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States ; R49 CE002099/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States ; R49CE002099/ACL/ACL HHS/United States
• Volume:
  30
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:625d2c0362829241d8464260112f4aa9e3941173efc09db2a1c0fbea5f995d27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/93496/cdc_93496_DS1.pdf
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