Data and Code for "Hassle Costs versus Information: How Do Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduce Opioid Prescribing?"
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Abby Alpert, University of Pennsylvania; Sarah Dykstra, Amazon; Mireille Jacobson, University of Southern California
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Project Citation:
Alpert, Abby, Dykstra, Sarah , and Jacobson, Mireille. Data and Code for “Hassle Costs versus Information: How Do Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduce Opioid Prescribing?” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-01-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E183162V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This repository contains the code and public data for replicating the findings in "Hassle Costs versus Information: How Do Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduce Opioid Prescribing?" Please note that a full replication of the empirical analysis requires confidential data from OptumInsight. Data
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Project Abstract: We study hassle costs versus information provision in explaining how prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) decrease opioid prescribing. PDMPs aim to reduce opioid prescribing through information provision but may also unintentionally affect prescribing through the hassle of required record checks. We analyze Kentucky’s landmark PDMP to disentangle these two mechanisms. Hassle costs reduce opioid prescribing across the board, including to opioid-naïve patients; however, physicians continue to prescribe opioids to patients who would benefit the most. Although information also affects prescribing, hassle costs explain the majority of the decline. Introducing a cost to prescribing high-risk medications improves the targeting of treatment.
Project Abstract: We study hassle costs versus information provision in explaining how prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) decrease opioid prescribing. PDMPs aim to reduce opioid prescribing through information provision but may also unintentionally affect prescribing through the hassle of required record checks. We analyze Kentucky’s landmark PDMP to disentangle these two mechanisms. Hassle costs reduce opioid prescribing across the board, including to opioid-naïve patients; however, physicians continue to prescribe opioids to patients who would benefit the most. Although information also affects prescribing, hassle costs explain the majority of the decline. Introducing a cost to prescribing high-risk medications improves the targeting of treatment.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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opioid policy;
PDMP;
hassle costs
JEL Classification:
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I10 Health: General
I12 Health Behavior
I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
I10 Health: General
I12 Health Behavior
I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Geographic Coverage:
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United States
Time Period(s):
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2006 – 2016
Universe:
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