Impact of workplace injury on opioid dependence, abuse, illicit use and overdose: a 36-month retrospective study of insurance claims.

Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2020)

Reducing workplace injury or severity of workplace injury, as well as efforts to ensure appropriate opioid prescribing for injured workers, may help to reduce the societal costs of opioid use.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
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health insurance
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health promotion
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emergency department
quality improvement
electronic health record