Intended and unintended consequences: Changes in opioid prescribing practices following two policies in North Carolina, 2012–2018 – A controlled interrupted time series analysis

Abstract

Poster presented at the 38th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management. Objective: To understand the extent to which unintended prescribing consequences followed implementation of two statewide opioid prescribing policies among privately insured, opioid-naïve individuals in North Carolina between 2012 and 2018