More educated emergency department patients are less likely to receive opioids for acute pain

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 967-973

  Platts Mills, Timothy F ^a   Hunold, Katie M ^a   Bortsov, Andrey V ^a   Soward, April C ^a   Peak, David A ^b   Jones, Jeffrey S ^c   Swor, Robert A ^d   Lee, David C ^e   Domeier, Robert M ^f   Hendry, Phyllis L ^g   Rathlev, Niels K ^h   McLean, Samuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Pain; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; THREAT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862777121     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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