Decreasing Trends in Opioid Prescribing on Discharge to Hospice Care

There are concerns that policies aimed to prevent opioid misuse may unintentionally reduce access to opioids for patients at end-of-life. We assessed trends in opioid prescribing among patients on discharge from the hospital to hospice care. This was a retrospective cohort study among adult (age ≥18...

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Published in:	Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 62; no. 5; pp. 1026 - 1033
Main Authors:	Furuno, Jon P., Noble, Brie N., Fromme, Erik K., Hartung, Daniel M., Tjia, Jennifer, Lynn, Mary, Teno, Joan M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2021 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Age Age groups Aged Analgesics Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use Anesthesia Cancer Cohort analysis Demography Discharge End of life decisions Female Hospice Care Humans Medical diagnosis Medical records Narcotics Opioids Pain pain management Pain Medicine Patient Discharge Patients Practice Patterns, Physicians Prescribing Retrospective Studies transitions of care Trends transitions of care pain management Hospice care opioids
ISSN:	0885-3924, 1873-6513, 1873-6513
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