Racial differences in prescription of opioid analgesics for chronic noncancer pain in a national sample of veterans

Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 447-455

  Burgess, Diana J ^a,b   Nelson, David B ^a,b   Gravely, Amy A ^a   Bair, Matthew J ^c,d,e   Kerns, Robert D ^f,g   Higgins, Diana M ^f,g   Van Ryn, Michelle ^h   Farmer, Melissa ⁱ   Partin, Melissa R ^a,b  

^a A VA HSR and D Center of Excellence   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; disparities; Opioids; race; veterans

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VETERAN; AGED; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 84897404752     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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