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Friday Aug 10, 2018
Friday Aug 10, 2018
February 2008 Author in the Room® Teleconference
Author: Mark J. Pletcher, MD, MPH
Summary Points:
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Doctors appear to prescribe opioids less often to blacks and Hispanics/Latinos than they do to whites in the emergency department.
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These differences do not appear to be explained by differences in type or severity of pain.
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