Opioid Prescribing at Hospital Discharge Contributes to Chronic Opioid Use

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Chronic opioid therapy for chronic pain treatment has increased. Hospital physicians, including hospitalists and medical/surgical resident physicians, care for many hospitalized patients, yet little is known about opioid prescribing at hospital discharge and future chronic opioid...

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Published in:	Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 478 - 485
Main Authors:	Calcaterra, Susan L., Yamashita, Traci E., Min, Sung-Joon, Keniston, Angela, Frank, Joseph W., Binswanger, Ingrid A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01.05.2016 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adult Alcohols Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage Analgesics, Opioid - adverse effects Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use Chronic pain Chronic Pain - drug therapy Chronic Pain - epidemiology Colorado - epidemiology Disorders Drug Administration Schedule Drug Prescriptions Female Hospitalization Humans Internal Medicine Male Medical personnel Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental disorders Mental health Middle Aged Narcotics Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology Opioid-Related Disorders - etiology Opioids Original Research Pain Patient Discharge Patients Physicians Retrospective Studies Surgery Young Adult hospital medicine substance abuse pain
ISSN:	0884-8734, 1525-1497, 1525-1497
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