Surgeons' opioid-prescribing habits are hard to kick. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Surgeons' opioid-prescribing habits are hard to kick. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published June 2019

Surgeons' opioid-prescribing habits are hard to kick.

Appleby J, Lucas E. Kaiser Health News. June 21, 2019.

Solutions to address the opioid epidemic should focus on both public health and individual behaviors. This news article reports on an analysis of 5 years of Medicare data that revealed particular physician prescribing behaviors that exceed current guidelines and contribute to opioid misuse.

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