Open AccessImplementation of an Opioid Guideline Impacts on Opioid Prescriptions, Adverse Outcomes, and an Association with a State Opioid-Related Fatalities
Author(s) -
Andrew L Phillips,
Matthew S. Thiese,
Mitch Freeman,
Roger Kartchner,
Kurt T. Hegmann
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1536-5948
pISSN - 1076-2752
DOI - 10.1097/jom.0000000000001640
Subject(s) - medicine , guideline , opioid , medical prescription , adverse effect , emergency medicine , pharmacology , receptor , pathology
The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of an evidence-based opioid guidelines-based program implemented at the largest worker's compensation insurer in Utah.