| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w23537 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 23537 |
| Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Prescription Drug Abuse | |
| Dhaval M. Dave; Anca M. Grecu; Henry Saffer | |
| 发表日期 | 2017-06-26 |
| 出版年 | 2017 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Despite the significant cost of prescription (Rx) drug abuse and calls from policy makers for effective interventions, there is limited research on the effects of policies intended to limit such abuse. This study estimates the effects of prescription drug monitoring (PDMP) programs which is a key policy targeting the non-medical use of Rx drugs. Based on objective indicators of abuse as measured by substance abuse treatment admissions related to Rx drugs, estimates do not suggest any substantial effects of instituting an operational PDMP. We find, however, that mandatory-access provisions, which raised PDMP utilization rates by actually requiring providers to query the PDMP prior to prescribing a controlled drug, are significantly associated with a reduction in Rx drug abuse. The effects are driven primarily by a reduction in opioid abuse, generally strongest among young adults (ages 18-24), and underscore important dynamics in the policy response. Robustness checks are consistent with a causal interpretation of these effects. We also assess potential spillovers of mandatory PDMPs on the use of other illicit drugs, and find a complementary reduction in admissions related to cocaine and marijuana abuse. |
| 主题 | Public Economics ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Other ; Law and Economics |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w23537 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/581211 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dhaval M. Dave,Anca M. Grecu,Henry Saffer. Mandatory Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Prescription Drug Abuse. 2017. |
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| w23537.pdf（890KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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