Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Prescribing on Hospital Discharge Among Older Adults: A National Retrospective Cohort Study.

Koushik KasanagottuTimothy S AndersonShrunjal TrivediLong H NgoJeffrey L SchnipperEllen P McCarthyShoshana J Herzig

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)

Black older adults were less likely to fill a new opioid prescription after hospital discharge when compared to White older adults and received lower total MMEs. The factors contributing to these differential prescribing patterns should be investigated further.

Keyphrases

primary care
chronic pain
pain management
physical activity
quality improvement
adverse drug
healthcare
atomic force microscopy
emergency department
high resolution
drug induced