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SUBMITTER: Pensa MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5943140 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 20180501 5
<h4>Objective</h4>To appreciate the impact of the opioid epidemic in workers, we described opioid prescription patterns in a US industrial cohort over a 10-year period and assessed predictors of chronic prescription.<h4>Methods</h4>A multiyear (2003 to 2013) cross-sectional analysis of employer-sponsored health care claims for enrolled workers (N: 21,357 to 44,769) was performed.<h4>Results</h4>The proportion of workers prescribed opioids nearly doubled in the 10-year period. The strongest predi ...[more]