Performance Improvement Prescribing Guideline Reduces Opioid Prescriptions for Emergency Department Dental Pain Patients

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Measures the effect of a departmental guideline on the rate of opioid prescriptions written for patients aged 16 and older presenting with dental pain in two rural emergency departments. Analysis was done by performing a controlled chart review for the period before and after the guideline was implemented.

Timothy R. Fox, James Li, Sandra Stevens, Tracy Tippie

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(3)

09/2013

Children and youth · Emergency department and urgent care services · Illicit drug use · Opioids · Prescription drug misuse · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention