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

Description
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.
Author(s)
Timothy R. Fox, James Li, Sandra Stevens, Tracy Tippie
Citation
Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(3)
Date
09/2013
Type
Document
Tagged as
Children and youth · Emergency department and urgent care services · Illicit drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention