Inadequate treatment of pain in United States emergency departments (EDs) is common, in part because of the limited and idiosyncratic use of opioids by emergency providers. This study sought to determine the relationship between patient socioeconomic characteristics and the likelihood that they would receive opioids during a pain-related ED visit. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of ED data obtained as part of a multicenter study of outcomes after minor motor vehicle collision (MVC). Study patients were non-Hispanic white patients between the ages of 18 and 65 years who were evaluated and discharged home from 1 of 8 EDs in 4 states. Socioeconomic characteristics include educational attainment and income. Of 690 enrolled patients, the...
Introduction: Despite treatment guidelines suggesting alternatives, as well as evidence of a lack of...
Introduction: Pain has been identified as the most common reason for Emergency Department (ED) visit...
BackgroundRacial/ethnic disparities in the use of opioids to treat pain disorders have been previous...
Inadequate treatment of pain in United States emergency departments (EDs) is common, in part because...
ObjectivesIt is important to analyze the types of etiologies and provider demographics that drive op...
Context. Opioid prescriptions from the emergency department (ED) have gradually increased over the l...
BACKGROUND: The goal of this investigation is to discover whether or not patients with psychiatric d...
Objective: With 42% of all emergency department visits in the United States related to pain, physici...
Introduction. Opioid overdose caused 47,600 deaths in 2017 in the United States. Emergency departmen...
The opioid epidemic within the United States is an ongoing public health crisis. Emergency departmen...
Aims and Objectives: This study aims to examine the association between person, environment, health ...
Abstract Background Physicians do not prescribe opioid analgesics for pain treatment equally across ...
The purpose of this study is to determine whether older adults presenting to the Emergency Departmen...
Introduction: Opioid abuse has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Patients often pre...
Introduction: The decision to treat pain in the emergency department (ED) is a complex, idiosyncrati...
Introduction: Despite treatment guidelines suggesting alternatives, as well as evidence of a lack of...
Introduction: Pain has been identified as the most common reason for Emergency Department (ED) visit...
BackgroundRacial/ethnic disparities in the use of opioids to treat pain disorders have been previous...
Inadequate treatment of pain in United States emergency departments (EDs) is common, in part because...
ObjectivesIt is important to analyze the types of etiologies and provider demographics that drive op...
Context. Opioid prescriptions from the emergency department (ED) have gradually increased over the l...
BACKGROUND: The goal of this investigation is to discover whether or not patients with psychiatric d...
Objective: With 42% of all emergency department visits in the United States related to pain, physici...
Introduction. Opioid overdose caused 47,600 deaths in 2017 in the United States. Emergency departmen...
The opioid epidemic within the United States is an ongoing public health crisis. Emergency departmen...
Aims and Objectives: This study aims to examine the association between person, environment, health ...
Abstract Background Physicians do not prescribe opioid analgesics for pain treatment equally across ...
The purpose of this study is to determine whether older adults presenting to the Emergency Departmen...
Introduction: Opioid abuse has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Patients often pre...
Introduction: The decision to treat pain in the emergency department (ED) is a complex, idiosyncrati...
Introduction: Despite treatment guidelines suggesting alternatives, as well as evidence of a lack of...
Introduction: Pain has been identified as the most common reason for Emergency Department (ED) visit...
BackgroundRacial/ethnic disparities in the use of opioids to treat pain disorders have been previous...