Decision support for chronic pain care: How do primary care physicians decide when to prescribe opioids? A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Harle, Christopher A ^a   Bauer, Sarah E ^a   Hoang, Huong Q ^d   Cook, Robert L ^b   Hurley, Robert W ^c   Fillingim, Roger B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Clinical decision support; Decision making; Health care quality; Information needs; Opioids; Primary care

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHRONIC PAIN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84927931172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0264-3     Document Type: Article

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