Characteristics of emergency department "doctor shoppers

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 424-431.e1

  Weiner, Scott G ^a   Griggs, Christopher A ^b   Langlois, Breanne K ^c   Mitchell, Patricia M ^c   Nelson, Kerrie P ^d   Friedman, Franklin D ^a   Feldman, James A ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor shoppers; Drug seekers; Opioid abuse; Opioid prescribing; Prescription medication abuse

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DOCTOR SHOPPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH PAIN; AGE; DRUG MISUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BOSTON; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933278142     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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