Differential Prescribing of Opioid Analgesics According to Physician Specialty for Medicaid Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Diagnoses

BACKGROUND: Despite >20 years of studies investigating the characteristics of patients seeking or receiving opioid analgesics, research characterizing factors associated with physicians’ opioid prescribing practices has been inconclusive, and the role of practitioner specialty in opioid prescribi...

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Main Authors: Chris Ringwalt, Hallam Gugelmann, Mariana Garrettson, Nabarun Dasgupta, Arlene E Chung, Scott K Proescholdbell, Asheley Cockrell Skinner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/857952
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