An Interdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Opioid Prescriptions to Patients with Chronic Pain in a Spinal Cord Injury Center
ConclusionsThe multidisciplinary interventional approach was associated with marked decreases in the percent of patients receiving opioids and the amounts of opioids being prescribed. This reduction could have a significant impact on the opioid crisis.Level of EvidenceIII
Source: PMandR - Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research
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