Opioid Prescribing Disparities in a Public Health Crisis: The Case of Pediatric Post-Surgical Pain Management
Abstract African Americans adults are less likely to receive analgesics, particularly opioids, even after controlling for pain severity. Research in the pediatric surgical population is more limited but the pattern of disparate use of opioids appear consistent with adult research. While it cannot be assumed that opioids are always the best approach to post-operative pain […]