Influence of provider type on chronic pain prescribing patterns A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain affects 100 million Americans and is most often treated in primary care, where the health care provider shortage remains a challenge. Nurse practitioners (NPs) represent a growing solution, yet their patterns of chronic pain management are understudied. Additionally, prescriptive authority limitations in many states limit NPs from prescribing opioids and often exist due to concerns of NP-driven opioid overprescribing. Little evidence on NP pain management prescribing patterns exists to address these issues.

Objective

Systematic review, according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, to examine opioid and nonopioid prescribing patterns of physicians, NPs, and physician assistants (PAs) in primary care. El

SUBMITTER: Nikpour J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562618 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature