Impact of prescription drug monitoring program mandate on postoperative opioid prescriptions in children

Purpose Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) have been established to combat the opioid epidemic, but there is no data on their efficacy in children. We hypothesized that a statewide PDMP mandate would be associated with fewer opioid prescriptions in pediatric surgical patients. Methods Pat...

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Published in:Pediatric surgery international 2021-05, Vol.37 (5), p.659-665
Main Authors: Theodorou, Christina M., Jackson, Jordan E., Rajasekar, Ganesh, Nuño, Miriam, Yamashiro, Kaeli J., Farmer, Diana L., Hirose, Shinjiro, Brown, Erin G.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Narcotics
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Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Postoperative period
Prescriptions
Surgery
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Time series
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Summary:Purpose Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) have been established to combat the opioid epidemic, but there is no data on their efficacy in children. We hypothesized that a statewide PDMP mandate would be associated with fewer opioid prescriptions in pediatric surgical patients. Methods Patients 
ISSN:0179-0358
1437-9813
DOI:10.1007/s00383-020-04846-2