Association of state-level opioid-reduction policies with pediatric opioid poisoning. | PSNet

Association of state-level opioid-reduction policies with pediatric opioid poisoning. | PSNet

Association of state-level opioid-reduction policies with pediatric opioid poisoning.

Toce MS, Michelson K, Hudgins J, et al. JAMA Pediatr. 2020

This study explored the association of state-level opioid-reduction policies implementation (a prescription drug monitoring program [PDMP], pain clinic legislation, and opioid prescribing guidelines) with rates of pediatric opioid poisoning in New York. PMDP implementation and pain clinic legislation were both associated with reductions in opioid poisoning rates for most age groups; analyses of prescribing guidelines did not show a change in the rate of opioid poisoning.