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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharm Health Serv Res. 2015 Jun 16;6(3):139–144. doi: 10.1111/jphs.12099

Table 2.

Topic guide for prescriber focus group interviews

Administration 1. How are patient prescriber agreements used in your practice?

  1. PROBES: For all opioid patients?

  2. Who administers a patient prescriber agreement?

  3. Do you use a standardized template?
2. What kind of issues do you encounter with patients who have signed a patient prescriber agreement?

  1. PROBES: need early refills, refuses drug testing

  2. Enforcement of patient prescriber agreements

  3. Discharging a patient from your practice

Perceived utility 3. In your opinion, what are some of the benefits of patient prescriber agreements?

  1. PROBES: to patients?

  2. To providers?
4. In your opinion, what are some of the drawbacks of patient prescriber agreements?

  1. PROBES: to patients?

  2. To providers?

5. What are your patients’ main concerns about patient prescriber agreements?
6. What other concerns do you have about patient prescriber agreements?
Content 7. In your opinion, what are the most important elements of a patient prescriber agreement?
8. In your opinion, what are the least important elements of a patient prescriber agreement?
Perceived effectiveness 9. When do you feel patient prescriber agreements are more effective?
10. When do you feel patient prescriber agreements are less effective?
11. How has your use of patient prescriber agreements affected the patient–provider relationship?
12. How does signing a patient prescriber agreement affect patient’s pain control or drug therapy management?
13. How does not signing a patient prescriber agreement affect patient’s pain control or drug therapy management?