Care management practices for chronic pain in veterans prescribed high doses of opioid medications

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 671-678

  Morasco, Benjamin J ^a,b   Cavanagh, Renee ^c,d   Gritzner, Susan ^d   Dobscha, Steven K ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS PORTLAND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Pacific University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Clinical treatment guidelines; High dose opioids; Opioids; Primary care.

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC NON CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DYSTHYMIA; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT DURATION; VETERAN;

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TREATMENT GUIDELINES; HIGH-DOSE OPIOIDS; OPIOIDS; PRIMARY CARE.;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84888164249     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmt038     Document Type: Article

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