Ambulatory diagnosis and treatment of nonmalignant pain in the united states, 2000-2010

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 870-878

  Daubresse, Matthew ^a,b   Chang, Hsien Yen ^a   Yu, Yuping ^b   Viswanathan, Shilpa ^a   Shah, Nilay D ^c   Stafford, Randall S ^d   Kruszewski, Stefan P ^a,e   Alexander, G Caleb ^a,b,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Stefan P Kruszewski MD and Associates   (United States)

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

Author keywords

ambulatory; analgesic; diagnosis; nonopioid; opioid; pain; treatment

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884789320     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a95d86     Document Type: Article

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