Opioid-prescribing patterns of emergency physicians and risk of long-Term use

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 663-673

  Barnett, Michael L ^a,c   Olenski, Andrew R ^b,d   Jena, Anupam B ^b,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85013498947     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1610524     Document Type: Article

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