Metfessel, Brent A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-5116
Mentel, Michelle D.
Phanel, Amy
Dimartino, Mary Ann
Allen, Mureen
Ho, Samuel
Article History
First Online: 6 December 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: No other funding outside of UnitedHealthcare was received for the study.
: Brent Metfessel, Michelle Mentel, Amy Phanel, Mary Ann Dimartino, Mureen Allen, and Samuel Ho performed research while employed at UnitedHealthcare.
: The research was performed using a health plan administrative database, thus no direct participation of subjects was needed.
: The data that support the findings of this study are available on reasonable request from the corresponding author, pending UnitedHealthcare corporate legal and database administrator approval. The data are not publicly available because of regulatory restrictions on divulging personal health information and patient identifiable information to outside sources, which would compromise member privacy. Opioid abuse and dependence are also considered ‘sensitive conditions’ with additional restrictions on revealing that information to outside sources.