Narcotic Use and Prescribing Trends Among Workers Compensation Patients Undergoing Foot and Ankle Surgery

Category: Midfoot/Forefoot; Hindfoot Introduction/Purpose: Previous studies have shown that workers compensation patients (WC) have worse outcomes, and higher complications rates after orthopaedic surgery. Despite orthopaedic surgeons being the third highest prescribers of narcotic pain medication i...

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Main Authors: Tyler Goodwin MD, Richard D. Murray MD, Jesse F. Doty MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-12-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011423S00176