Trends in Ambulatory Physician Opioid Prescription in the United States, 1997-2009

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Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Jeffrey Kao, Ming Chih ^a   Minh, Lyly Cao ^a   Huang, Grace Y ^b   Mitra, Raj ^c   Smuck, Matthew ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904693689     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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