The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patient Disparities in Long-Term Opioid Therapy.
Sebastian T TongZihan ZhengMaria G PradoImara I WestJoseph W LeMasterMary A HatchLili S SzaboTracy M AnastasKris Pui Kwan MaKari A StephensPublished in: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM (2024)
The use of LtOT for chronic pain in primary care has increased from before to after the COVID-19 pandemic with racial/ethnic and geographic disparities. Future research is needed to understand these disparities in LtOT and their effect on patient outcomes.