Association of Opioid Use Disorder Diagnosis with Management of Acute Low Back Pain: A Medicare Retrospective Cohort Analysis.
Patience MoyoJessica S MerlinRicha GairolaAnthony GirardTheresa I ShiremanAmal N TrivediBrandon D L MarshallPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)
Medicare beneficiaries with aLBP and OUD underutilized nonpharmacologic pain therapies and commonly received opioids at high doses and with gabapentin. Complementing the promulgation of practice guidelines with implementation science could improve the uptake of evidence-based nonpharmacologic therapies for aLBP.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
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- pain management
- neuropathic pain
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- intensive care unit
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