Changes in early high-risk opioid prescribing practices after policy interventions in Washington State.

Jeanne M SearsJohn R HaightDeborah Fulton-KehoeThomas M WickizerJaymie MaiGary M Franklin

Published in: Health services research (2020)

Several state-level opioid prescribing policies were significantly associated with safer workers' compensation-related opioid prescribing practices during the first 3 months after injury (acute/subacute phase), which should in turn reduce transition to chronic opioids and associated negative health outcomes.

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