Overdose epidemic, prescription monitoring programs, and public health: A review of state laws

C.S. Davis, J.E. Johnston and M.W. Pierce

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 11, e9-e11

Abstract: Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs), state-level databases that collect patientspecific prescription information at the time medications are dispensed, have been suggested as tools to address the overdose epidemic.We reviewed all lawsintheUnited States (n =25) that articulated the purposes PMPs are intended to serve. Attributes related to reducing abuse, misuse, and diversion of prescription medications appeared most commonly. Only 5 purpose statements mentioned the promotion of public health as goals of the PMP, and only 3 listed improving health care. None listed overdose prevention as a goal of the PMP.

Keywords: narcotic analgesic agent; prescription drug, clinical practice; drug control; drug overdose; epidemic; human; Opioid-Related Disorders; organization and management; public health; United States, Analgesics, Opioid; Drug and Narcotic Control; Drug Overdose; Epidemics; Humans; Opioid-Related Disorders; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Prescription Drugs; Public Health; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302856

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