Association of opioid tapering with pain-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and primary care visits: a retrospective cohort study
These associations suggest that opioid tapering may lead to increased emergency and hospital utilization for acute pain and possibly a decreased perceived need for primary care for those whose opioids were discontinued.
Authors
- Iraklis Erik Tseregounis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5320-9444)
- Joshua J. Fenton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0581-835X)
- Elizabeth Magnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7312-6494)
- Daniel J. Tancredi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3884-7907)
- Alicia Agnoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8221-9708)
- Guibo Xing
Institutions
- Center For Policy Research (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnae121
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- University of California, Davis