Provider - Focused Strategies: Prescriber


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Gudin JA, Mogali S, Jones JD, Comer SD. Risks, management, and monitoring of combination opioid, benzodiazepines, and/or alcohol use. Postgrad Med. 2013;125(4):115-30.  Article

Hawkins EJ, Malte CA, Hagedorn HJ, et al. Survey of primary care and mental health prescribers’ perspectives on reducing opioid and benzodiazepine co-prescribing among veterans. Pain Med. 2017;18(3):454-67.  Abstract
Kirby K, Dunwoody L, Millar R. What type of service provision do patients with chronic pain want from primary care providers? Disabil Rehabil. 2009;31(18):1514-9.  Abstract

Linsky A, Simon SR, Marcello TB, Bokhour B. Clinical provider perceptions of proactive medication discontinuation. Am J Manag Care. 2015;21(4):277-83.  Abstract

Palagyi A, Keay L, Harper J. Barricades and brickwalls – a qualitative study exploring perceptions of medication use and deprescribing in long-term care. BMC Geriatr. 2016;16:15.  Article

Sirdifield C, Anthierens S, Creupelandt H, et al. General practitioners’ experiences and perceptions of benzodiazepine prescribing: systematic review and meta-synthesis. BMC Fam Pract. 2013;14:191.  Article

Wallis KA, Andrews A, Henderson M. Swimming against the tide: primary care physicians’ views on deprescribing in everyday practice. Ann Fam Med. 2017;15(4):341-6.  Abstract

Anders Westanmo A, Marshall P, Jones E, et al. Opioid dose reduction in a VA health care system – implementation of a primary care population-level initiative. Pain Med. 2015;16(5):1019-26.  Abstract