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. 2020 Jul 1;6(7):1102-1103.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0804.

Association of Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs With Opioid Prescriptions Among Medicare Patients Treated by a Medical or Hematologic Oncologist

Ilana Graetz  1 , Courtney R Yarbrough  1 , Xin Hu  1 , David H Howard  1
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Association of Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs With Opioid Prescriptions Among Medicare Patients Treated by a Medical or Hematologic Oncologist

Ilana Graetz et al. JAMA Oncol. .

Abstract

This cohort study examines the association between prescription drug monitoring program mandates with and without a cancer exemption and the percent of oncologists’ patients with any opioid prescription covered by Medicare Part D.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Timeline of Number of States That Implemented Mandatory-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP)
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Adjusted Percent of 40 739 Patients Treated by a Medical or Hematologic Oncologist With Any Opioid Prescription
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