Provider Bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical Records at a Hospital Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians do not prescribe opioid analgesics for pain treatment equally across groups, and such disparities may pose significant public health concerns. Although research suggests that institutional constraints and cultural stereotypes influence doctors' treatment of pain, prior quantitative evidence is mixed. The objective of this secondary analysis is therefore to clarify which institutional constraints and patient demographics bias provider prescribing of opioid analgesics.

Methods

We used electronic medical record data from an emergency department of a large U.S hospital during years 2008-2014. We ran multi-level logistic regression models to estimate factors associated with providing an opioid prescription during a given visit while controlling for ICD-9 dia

SUBMITTER: Keister LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8344207 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature