Ethnic disparities in opioid prescribing for cancer pain and associated emergency department visits and hospital admissions in the last three months of life: a retrospective cohort study
Minority ethnic patients with cancer receive fewer opioids and experience higher acute care use near the end of life. Tackling system-level inequities is critical to achieving pain management.
Authors
- Sabrina Bajwah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-8107)
- Jonathan Koffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8513-5681)
- Emeka Chukwusa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2576-8633)
- Stephen Barclay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4505-7743)
- Martin Gulliford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1898-9075)
- Rashmi Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9060-6617)
- Gemma Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-7131)
- Sophie Law-Clucas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8221-084X)
- Tanya Siriwimala
Institutions
- University of Leeds (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Hull (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Cicely Saunders International (GB)
- Hull York Medical School (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Cancer
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03200-4
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51