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dc.contributor.authorBorwein, Alexandra
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-29T12:39:10Z
dc.date.available2012-06-29T12:39:10Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-29
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/15033
dc.description.abstractThis research examined the effect of increasing attention on OxyContin in the news media on prescribing practices of the drug in Nova Scotia. Using data collected as part of a study looking at representations of OxyContin in North American newspapers between 1995 and 2005, this research assessed the trends in prescribing practices of OxyContin in relation to the increased media attention. Data from the original media study was combined with administrative data from the Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program to examine OxyContin prescribing trends between September 1996 and December 2007, with a specific focus on changes in the volume of OxyContin prescribed as a proportion of all opioids prescribed and as a proportion of strong opioids prescribed. Peaks in print media attention in both the United States and Canada were followed by statistically significant changes in OxyContin prescribing. These changes differed among prescribers in different District Health Authorities and specialties.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectOxyContinen_US
dc.subjectNova Scotiaen_US
dc.subjectPrescribing behaviouren_US
dc.subjectOpioidsen_US
dc.subjectPain managementen_US
dc.subjectMedia influence on behaviouren_US
dc.titlePrescribing Practices Amid the OxyContin Crisis: Examining the Effect of Print Media Coverage on Opioid Prescribing Among Nova Scotia Providersen_US
dc.date.defence2012-06-21
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Community Health & Epidemiologyen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerN/Aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Kathleen MacPhersonen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. George Kepharten_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Kathleen MacPhersonen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Mark Asbridgeen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalReceiveden_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
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