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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2023-12-01
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Series: | Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011423S00176 |