A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Economic Approaches to Reduce Unnecessary Opioid Prescribing

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Acute Pain

In brief

In this study, the investigators will evaluate the effect of a health system initiative aiming to change clinician opioid prescribing behaviors using two behavioral economic interventions - individual audit feedback and peer comparison feedback of clinicians.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03825549

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

452

Starts

2019-09-03

Expected to finish

2020-03-02

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinicians
• Practiced primarily at participating emergency department or urgent care center
• Patients
• Presented to a participating emergency department or urgent care center during the study period
• Discharged to home from the visit

You may not qualify if…

• Clinicians
• Saw less than 100 patients in the prior year
• Practiced primarily at another site that is not in the main trial
• Did not practice at Sutter Health in the prior 90 days
• Patients
• Currently pregnant

Where it is running

• Sutter Heath — Walnut Creek, California, United States

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