Doctor Hopping and Doctor Shopping for Prescription Opioids Associated with Increased Odds of High‐Risk Use

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Presents a study on doctor hopping by people with opioid use disorder. Defines doctor hopping, a variant of doctor shopping, and uses data from the Arkansas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to illustrate the behavior and its outcomes. Compares doctor hopping and doctor shopping in both rural and urban areas.

Sean G. Young, Corey J. Hayes, Jonathan Aram, Mark A. Tait

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 28(8), 1117–1124

08/2019

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Population health · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Arkansas