Utilization of the Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program to combat prescription drug abuse
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Utilization of the Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program to combat prescription drug abuse
OBJECTIVE The Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program (AR PMP) was implemented in 2013 to combat prescription drug abuse. All enrollees were invited to participate in a user survey available in February 2014, to identify makeup of users, utilization of the program, and changes made to health care practices after implementation of the program. METHODS Of the 3,694 individual enrollees invited...
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventive Medicine Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2211-3355
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.06.006