surveillance

Florida Shutting ‘Pill Mill’ Clinics

Publication: 
The New York Times
Publication Date: 

August 31, 2011

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Tags: deaths, Florida, law enforcement, news articles, overdoses, oxycodone, pill mills, PMP impact, PMP startup, surveillance

Active surveillance of abused and misused prescription opioids using poison center data: a pilot study and descriptive comparison

Author: 

Hughes, A.A., Bogdan, G.M., Dart, R.C.

Publication Date: 

2007

Publication: 
Clinical Toxicology. 45(2):144-51
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Tags: DAWN data, geographic comparisons, hydrocodone, journal articles, opioid abuse, overdoses and deaths, oxycodone, poison center data, surveillance

Impact of a prescription monitoring program on doctor-shopping for high dosage buprenorphine

Author: 

Pradel, V., et al

Publication Date: 

2009

Publication: 
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety; 18: 36–43
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Tags: algorithms, doctor shopping, France, identifying diversion and misuse, journal articles, PMP data, prescribing patterns, regulating medical practice, surveillance, thresholds

Usefulness of prescription monitoring programs for surveillance: analysis of Schedule II opioid prescription data in Massachusetts, 1996–2006

Author: 

Katz, N., et al.

Publication Date: 

2010

Publication: 
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety; 19:115–123.
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Tags: doctor shopping, epidemiology, false negatives, false positives, identifying diversion and misuse, journal articles, Massachusetts, opioid abuse, oxycodone, pain management, PMP data, prescribing patterns, surveillance, thresholds

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