Physician Opioid Prescribing (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Physician Opioid Prescribing

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The higher the dollar value of gifts related to opioid medication promotion that physicians received in some specialties, the higher the likelihood that they prescribed more opioid medications the following year than their peers who did not receive such gifts.

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Hollander, et al, <i>Journal of General Internal Medicine</i>, 2019.

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