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Hospital Prescribing of Opioids to Medicare Beneficiaries

Author(s) -

Anupam B. Jena,

Dana P. Goldman,

Pinar KaracaMandic

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.2737

Subject(s) - medicine , medicare part d , medline , intensive care medicine , family medicine , emergency medicine , medical emergency , medical prescription , nursing , prescription drug , political science , law

Use of opioids during and shortly after an acute hospitalization is warranted in some clinical settings. However, given the potential of opioids for short-term adverse events and long-term physiologic tolerance, it is important to understand the frequency of opioid prescribing at hospital discharge, hospital variation, and patient and hospital factors associated with opioid prescribing, which is currently unknown in the United States.

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