An Evaluation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
SAI partnered with the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, to pursue a program of research involving the development of methods for measuring "doctor shopping" behavior, and for evaluating the effectiveness of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) in reducing nonmedical use of controlled pharmaceuticals. The study demonstrated the impact of PDMPs on per capita availability of these drugs and the effect, in turn, of per capita availability on illicit drug use.
Click to read Simeone R and Holland L, An Evaluation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service(NCJ217269), United States Department of Justice, Washington DC, 2006.
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