The effect of opioid use on workers' compensation claim cost in the state of Michigan

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 948-953

  White, Jeffrey A ^a   Tao, Xuguang ^b   Talreja, Milan ^a   Tower, Jack ^a   Bernacki, Edward ^b  

^a Accident Fund Holdings Inc   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG ACTING DRUG; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SHORT ACTING ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84865525202     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318252249b     Document Type: Article

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