Patient health literacy and the receipt of opioids in the emergency department.

CONCLUSIONS: A greater proportion of older adults receiving ED care for musculoskeletal pain with low health literacy receive and use opioids during and following an ED visit. PMID: 31637678 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Opioid Management - Category: Addiction Tags: J Opioid Manag Source Type: research