What The Study Did: This observational study included 46,000 injured workers in Tennessee who weren’t taking opioids at the time of their injury and looked at how common long-term opioid use was and what factors were associated with it.
Authors: Zoe Durand, Ph.D., of the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville, is the corresponding author.
(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.7222)
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