TY - JOUR T1 - Linking a Survey of Clinician Benzodiazepine-Related Beliefs to Risk of Benzodiazepine Prescription Fills Among Patients in Medicare JF - The Annals of Family Medicine JO - Ann Fam Med SP - 556 LP - 558 DO - 10.1370/afm.2883 VL - 20 IS - 6 AU - Donovan T. Maust AU - Lewei (Allison) Lin AU - Molly Candon AU - Julie Strominger AU - Steven C. Marcus Y1 - 2022/11/01 UR - http://www.annfammed.org/content/20/6/556.abstract N2 - In this pilot study, we used a Medicare sample to identify primary care clinicians who prescribed a benzodiazepine (BZD) in 2017 and surveyed a random sample (n = 100) about BZD prescribing. Among 61 respondents, 11.5% (SD 5.9) of their patient panels filled a BZD prescription. Patients of primary care clinicians who agreed that potential harms to long-term BZD users were low had a greater BZD fill risk relative to patients of disagreeing primary care clinicians (adjusted risk ratio 1.31; 95% CI, 1.01-1.7). We highlight the potential of using Medicare claims to sample clinicians. Using claims-based objective measures presents a new method to inform the development of behavior-change interventions. ER -