Opioid Prescribing Patterns of Board-Certified Emergency Physicians Compared With Other Physicians Practicing Emergency Medicine Among Medicare Part-D Beneficiaries Between 2018 and 2020 in the United States
Board certification in EM was associated with lower opioid prescribing rates. The average TDS of opioids per Medicare beneficiary was lower for board-certified EM physicians compared to non-EM board-certified physicians staffing EDs between 2018 and 2020.
Authors
- Yachana Bhakta
- Kevin B. Joldersma
- Bradley Chappell
- Jonah Geddes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3096-6941)
- Melissa A. Barton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0661-134X)
- Chadd K. Kraus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3628-2073)
- Susan E. Farrell
- Michael Gottlieb
- Diane L. Gorgas
- Suzanne R. White
- Lyndsay Tyler
Institutions
- Portland State University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- Wayne State University (US)
- American Board of Emergency Medicine (US)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- American Osteopathic Association (US)
- Lehigh Valley Health Network (US)
- American Osteopathic Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2026-01-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100324
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00