This project includes a randomized controlled trial of the effects of a protocol designed to identify patients with complaints of subjective chronic pain who frequently present to emergency departments (EDs) in an attempt to secure opioid prescriptions, and to suggest that their physicians not prescribe opioid analgesics to them, instead referring them to a community-based provider for continued pain management.
Principal Investigator: Chris Ringwalt, DrPH
Collaborating Institutions: Carolinas Healthcare System (Charlotte), NC CSRS
Funding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention