Patterns in Opioid Prescription for Patients Operatively Treated for Ankle Fractures Following Implementation of 2017 Ohio Opioid Prescriber Law

Background: The purpose of this study was to report patterns of opioid prescription for patients treated operatively for ankle fractures after implementation of the 2017 Ohio Opioid Prescriber Law in comparison to the previous year. Methods: A total of 144 patients operatively treated for isolated a...

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Main Authors: Georgina Glogovac MD, Jamal Fitts MD, Jordan Henning DPM, Tonya L. Dixon MD, MPH, Richard T. Laughlin MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-12-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419891078