Disparities in opioid prescribing for patients with psychiatric diagnoses presenting with pain to the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-204

  Simon, Lorna J ^a   Bizamcer, Aurelia N ^b   Lidz, Charles W ^a   Stefan, Susan ^a,c   Pletcher, Mark J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857358626     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.097949     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Anon. Quality improvement guidelines for the treatment of acute pain and cancer pain. American Pain Society Quality of Care Committee. JAMA 1995;274:1874-80.
2. Rupp T, Delaney KA. Inadequate analgesia in emergency medicine. Ann Emerg Med 2004;43:494-503. (Pubitemid 38436539)
3. Lanser P, Gesell S. Pain management: the fifth vital sign. Health Benchmarks 2001;8:68-70, 62.
4. VHA Pain Management. US Department of Veterans Affairs Web Site. http://ww1.va.gov/pain management/index.cfm. (accessed 30 Nov 2007).
5. Zachny J, Bigelow G, Compton P, et al. College on Problems of Drug Dependence taskforce on prescription opioid non-medical use and abuse: position statement. Drug Alcohol Depend 2003;69:215-32. (Pubitemid 36293934)
6. ARCOS: Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System. US Department of Justice Web Site. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/arcos (accessed 3 May 2007).
7. Todd KH, Samaro N, Hoffman JR. Ethnicity as a risk factor for inadequate analgesia in emergency medicine. JAMA 1993;269:1537-9. (Pubitemid 23086415)
8. Todd KH, Lee T, Hoffman JR. The effect of ethnicity on physician estimates of pain severity in patients with isolated extremity trauma. JAMA 1994;271:925-8. (Pubitemid 24083218)
9. Todd KH, Deaton C, D'admo AP, et al. Ethnicity and analgesic practice. Ann Emerg Med 2000;35:11-16. (Pubitemid 30659723)
10. Tamayo-Sarver JH, Hinze SW, Cydulka RK, et al. Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department analgesic prescription. Am J Public Health 2003;93:2067-73. (Pubitemid 38480124)
11. Heinz JK, Heinz A, Grammas M, et al. Disparities in analgesia and opioid prescribing practices for patients with musculoskeletal pain in the emergency department. J Emerg Nurs 2006;32:219-24. (Pubitemid 43757928)
12. Burgess DJ, van Ryn M, Crowley-Matoka M, et al. Understanding the provider contribution to race/ethnicity disparities in pain treatment: insights from dual process models of stereotyping. Pain Med 2006;7:119-34.
13. Pletcher MJ, Kertesz SG, Kohn MA, et al. Trends in opioid prescribing by race/ethnicity for patients seeking care in US emergency departments. JAMA 2008;299:70-8.
14. Druss BG, Rosenheck RA. Use of medical services by veterans with mental disorders. Psychosomatics 1997;38:451-8. (Pubitemid 27398502)
15. Druss BG, Rosenheck RA, Desai MM, et al. Quality of preventive medical care for patients with mental disorders. Med Care 2002;40:129-36.
16. Levinson Miller C, Druss BG, Dombrowski EA, et al. Barriers to primary medical care among patients at a community mental health center. Psychiatr Serv 2003;54:1158-60. (Pubitemid 36951519)
17. Rathore SS, Wang Y, Druss BG, et al. Mental disorders, quality of care and outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008;65:1402-8.
18. Mitchell AJ, Malone D, Doebbeling CC. Quality of medical care for people with and without comorbid mental illness and substance misuse: systematic review of comparative studies. Br J Psychiatry 2009;194:491-9.
19. NHAMCS Description. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web Site. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/ahcd/nhamcsds.htm (accessed 6 Apr 2009).
20. Wasan AD, Bulter SF, Budman SH, et al. Psychiatric history and psychologic adjustment as risk factors for aberrant drug-related behavior among patients with chronic pain. Clin J Pain 2007;23:307-15. (Pubitemid 46650023)
21. Wilsey BL, Fishman SM, Tsodikov A, et al. Psychological comorbidities predicting prescription opioid abuse among patients in chronic pain presenting to the emergency department. Pain Med 2008;9:1107-17.
22. Stefan S. Emergency Department Treatment of the Psychiatric Patient: Policy Issues and Legal Requirements. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006.
23. Kunen S, Prejean C, Gladney B, et al. Disposition of emergency department patients with psychiatric comorbidity: results from the 2004 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Emerg Med J 2006;23:274-5. (Pubitemid 44295317)