Racial disparities in the monitoring of patients on chronic opioid therapy

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-52

  Hausmann, Leslie R M ^a,b   Gao, Shasha ^a   Lee, Edward S ^a   Kwoh, C Kent ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Opioid monitoring; Pain management; Race disparities; Veterans

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84871636019     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.07.034     Document Type: Article

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