Metrics manifesting the strongest concurrent validity with providers identified from these records related to those who co-prescribed benzodiazepines (e.g., valium) and high levels of opioid analgesics (e.g., oxycodone), as well as those who wrote temporally overlapping prescriptions. The report concludes with a discussion of a variety of uses to which these metrics may be put, as well as problems and opportunities related to their use. (Publisher abstract modified)
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