Patient race and physicians' decisions to prescribe opioids for chronic low back pain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1852-1860

  Burgess, Diana Jill ^a,b   Crowley Matoka, Megan ^c,d   Phelan, Sean ^e   Dovidio, John F ^f   Kerns, Robert ^f,g   Roth, Craig ^b   Saha, Somnath ^f,g,h   van Ryn, Michelle ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Health disparities; Medical decision making; Men; Prescribing; Race; USA

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEY DESIGN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54549113033     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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