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Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2017. Emergency room patients treated by physicians who prescribe opioids more often are at greater risk for long-term opioid use even after a single prescription than those who see less-frequent prescribers, according to the findings of a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School.
The research, believed to be the first to measure variation in provider prescribing practices and their impact on…
