Reducing High-Dose Opioid Prescribing

State-Level Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose Policies, 2007–2017

Sara E. Heins, Katherine P. Frey, Renan Castillo, G. Caleb Alexander

ResearchPosted on rand.org Mar 22, 2019Published in: Pain Medicine, Volume 21, Issue 2, pages 308–316 (February 2020). doi: 10.1093/pm/pnz038

Morphine equivalent daily dose (for pain) policies have gained popularity in recent years, but considerable variation in threshold levels and policy structure point to a lack of consensus. This work provides a foundation for future evaluation of MEDD policies and may inform states considering adopting such policies.

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  • Copyright: American Academy of Pain Medicine
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2019
  • Pages: 9
  • Document Number: EP-67816

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