Association of Primary Care Risk Mitigation Visits and Nonelective Emergency Department Visits in Patients Using Long-term Opioid Therapy

Association of Primary Care Risk Mitigation Visits and Nonelective Emergency Department Visits in Patients Using Long-term Opioid Therapy

Objective: To determine risk factors for nonelective emergency department visits (NEDVs) and whether primary care visits incorporating risk mitigation tools prevented NEDVs among patients using long-term opioid therapy (LOT). Patients and Methods: We retrospectively searched the electronic health re...

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Main Authors: Nancy V. Koch, MD, Richard J. Butterfield, III, MA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542454823000474

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