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Race, economic status, and disparities in the receipt of benzodiazepine prescriptions in a large primary care sample
Dore S, Weleff J, Anand A, Thompson N, Barnett B. Race, economic status, and disparities in the receipt of benzodiazepine prescriptions in a large primary care sample. General Hospital Psychiatry 2023, 85: 28-34. PMID: 37729721, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBenzodiazepinesEconomic StatusHumansPrescriptionsPrimary Health CareRetrospective StudiesConceptsAmerican patientsAsian American patientsPatient characteristicsBenzodiazepine prescriptionsWhite patientsCohort of patientsEconomic statusMultivariate logistic regressionAfrican American patientsPrescription of benzodiazepinesLow-income zip codesPatient's economic statusPrimary care contextPrimary care samplePrimary care visitsPrimary care clinicsLower-income patientsRetrospective studyPrescribed benzodiazepinesPatientsBenzodiazepinesCare sampleBenzodiazepine prescribingCare clinicsCare visitsAn Analysis of Benzodiazepine Prescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Healthcare System from 2019-2020
Weleff J, Anand A, Squeri M, Sieke R, Thompson N, Barnett B. An Analysis of Benzodiazepine Prescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Healthcare System from 2019-2020. Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs 2023, 56: 245-256. PMID: 36940298, DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2023.2191610.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenzodiazepine prescribingBenzodiazepine prescriptionsPrimary care visitsPrimary care patientsPrimary care providersEffect sizePrimary care settingPost-lockdownBenzodiazepine prescribing ratesMultivariate logistic regressionCare visitsCare providersCare settingsPrescription receiptRetrospective cohort studyCare patientsRacial disparitiesPrescribing ratesNational ratesHealthcare systemAdult patientsDiagnosis codesCocaine use disorderCohort studyPrescribing
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Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020.
Anand A, Weleff J, Thompson N, Barnett B. Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2023, 84 PMID: 37707315, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.22m14753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZ-drug prescribingDiagnosis of opioid use disorderZ-drug prescriptionsOpioid use disorderZ-drugsHealth care systemPrimary care clinicsWhite raceUse disorderCare systemAssociated with increasing ageCare clinicsOlder ageStudy periodDiagnosis of bipolar disorderCross-sectional studyPrimary care patientsLarger health care systemAdult patientsPatient populationOpioidGeneralized anxiety disorderPatientsBipolar disorderPost-lockdown