… Following surgery, health care providers often prescribe opioids to … first study showing the
cost impact of new persistent opioid … long-term costs and improved outcomes for these patients. …

… providers in expanding treatment for opioid use disorder. … We first described the number
of enrollees with documented OUD … treatment, as long-term benzodiazepine use may pose a …

… Substantial increases in opioid-related morbidity and mortality … source of the initial prescription,
new episodes were assigned … Long-term retention in office based opioid treatment with …

… Extended waiting times for specialist care may further burden … to the patient: ‘How did your
first opioid prescription … some initially succeeding but resuming opioids because of new pain …

… of primary care and subspecialty providers) over the course of … long-term morbidity calls into
question the practice of liberal … In addition, we attributed specialty episodes of care based on …

… The effectiveness of long term opioid treatment for … over time by provider specialty,
underlying opioid type, and provider-… First, our data were obtained from a single national insurer …

… any opioid, a high-dose opioid, or a long-term opioid … /PAs to change specialty without the
requirement of additional post-… the passage of new laws regulating opioid prescribing. Such …

… a general internal medicine physician’s performance on the … associated with physician
knowledge, may also be related to … prescribe opioids for the initial visit for older patients with new …

… , such as in the recently announced National Institutes of Health’s … To our knowledge, this
is one of the first studies to … to increase provider use of MAT to address the opioid epidemic. …

… effects of physician opioid prescribing leniency on patient downstream … First, we study a
broader range of relevant outcomes beyond long-term use, including detailed measures of opioid…