Association Between In-Clinic Opioid Administration and Discharge Opioid Prescription in Urgent Care: a Retrospective Cohort Study.
Susan L CalcaterraYingbo LouRachel M EverhartLindsey E FishRebecca HanrattyPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2020)
In-clinic opioid administration was strongly associated with opioid receipt at discharge and progression to chronic opioid use. Increased use of nonopioid analgesics in urgent care could likely reduce this association and limit opioids available for diversion, overdose, and death.