Differential Prescribing of Opioid Analgesics According to Physician Specialty for Medicaid Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Diagnoses

Chris Ringwalt; Hallam Gugelmann; Mariana Garrettson; Nabarun Dasgupta; Arlene E Chung; Scott K Proescholdbell; Asheley Cockrell Skinner

doi:10.1155/2014/857952

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2014)

Differential Prescribing of Opioid Analgesics According to Physician Specialty for Medicaid Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain Diagnoses

Chris Ringwalt,
Hallam Gugelmann,
Mariana Garrettson,
Nabarun Dasgupta,
Arlene E Chung,
Scott K Proescholdbell,
Asheley Cockrell Skinner

Affiliations

Chris Ringwalt: Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Hallam Gugelmann: Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Mariana Garrettson: Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Nabarun Dasgupta: Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Arlene E Chung: Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, USA
Scott K Proescholdbell: North Carolina Division of Public Health, Chronic Disease and Injury Section, Raleigh, USA
Asheley Cockrell Skinner: Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/857952
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 4
pp. 179 – 185

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Despite >20 years of studies investigating the characteristics of patients seeking or receiving opioid analgesics, research characterizing factors associated with physicians’ opioid prescribing practices has been inconclusive, and the role of practitioner specialty in opioid prescribing practices remains largely unknown.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/

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