Lee et al., "Substitution of Nonpharmacologic Therapy With Opioid Prescribing for Pain During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021)
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Byungkyu Lee, Kai-Cheng Yang, Patrick Kaminski, Siyun Peng, Meltem Odabas, Sumedha Gupta, Harold D. Green Jr, Yong-Yeol Ahn, and Brea L. Perry, JAMA Network Open 4(12), e2138453 (2021)
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@article{lee2021substitution,
author = {Byungkyu Lee and Kai-Cheng Yang and Patrick Kaminski and Siyun Peng and Meltem Odabas and Sumedha Gupta and Harold D. Green Jr and Yong-Yeol Ahn and Brea L. Perry},
title = {Substitution of Nonpharmacologic Therapy With Opioid Prescribing for Pain During the COVID-19 Pandemic},
journal = {{JAMA} Network Open},
volume = {4},
number = {12},
pages = {e2138453},
doi = {10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38453},
year = {2021},
}
Compares pain treatment in nationwide insurance claims during 2020 with 2019. Patients diagnosed with pain during the pandemic received opioid prescriptions more often and nonpharmacologic therapy less often; opioid prescriptions were also longer and more potent.
Opioid epidemic, Pain management, COVID 19 pandemic