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Title: Disparity in pain medication prescribing persists

Category: Misc

Keywords: prescribing, racial, disparity (PubMed Search)

Posted: 11/4/2025 by Robert Flint, MD (Updated: 11/28/2025)
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Comparing prescribing patterns from early 2000s to late 2010s in the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey,  these authors found we continue to under prescribe pain medications to non-white patients for traumatic injuries.

References

Racial Differences in Pain Medication Prescribed for Injury during Emergency Department Visits

Day, Jessica et al.

Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 78, 184 - 191