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Characteristics and Network Influence of Providers Involved in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Back, Neck or Joint Pain in Arkansas.
Journal of Pain 2021 June 24
Increasing emphasis on guidelines and prescription drug monitoring programs highlight the role of healthcare providers in pain treatment. Objectives of this study were to identify characteristics of key players and influence of opioid prescribers through construction of a referral network of patients with chronic pain. A retrospective cohort study was performed and patients with commercial or Medicaid coverage with chronic back, neck, or joint pain were identified using the Arkansas All-Payer Claims-Database. A social network comprised of providers connected by patient referrals based on 12-months of healthcare utilization following chronic pain was constructed. Network measures evaluated were indegree and eigen (referrals obtained), betweenness (involvement), and closeness centrality (reach). Outcomes included influence of providers, opioid prescribers, and brokerage status. Exposures included provider demographics, specialties and network characteristics. There were 51,941 chronic pain patients who visited 8,110 healthcare providers. Primary care providers (PCPs) showed higher betweenness and closeness whereas specialists had higher indegree. Opioid providers showed higher centrality compared to non-opioid providers, which decreased with increasing volume of opioid prescribing. Non-pharmacologic providers (NPPs) showed significant brokerage scores. Findings from this study such as PCPs having better reach, non-central positions of high-volume prescribers and NPPs having higher brokerage can aid interventional physician detailing. Perspective Opioid providers held central positions in the network aiding provider-directed interventions. However, high-volume opioid providers were at the borders making them difficult targets for interventions. Primary Care Providers had the highest reach, specialists received the most referrals and non-pharmacological providers and specialist acted as brokers between non-opioid and opioid prescribers.
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