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Racial Gap in ER Opioid Usage in US Still Persists
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Title Racial Gap in ER Opioid Usage in US Still Persists
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/568142?src=rss
Description Since national quality improvement initiatives were introduced in the US in the late 1990s, opioid usage in the ER setting for pain-related visits has increased, new research shows. However, white patients continue to be treated more often with these agents than patients of other racial groups. Reuters Health Information
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Date Jan 4, 2008
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