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Arch Phys Med Rehabil ; 101(8): 1407-1413, 2020 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32437688

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the initial care provider for neck pain was associated with opioid use for individuals with neck pain. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Marketscan research databases. PARTICIPANTS: Patients (N=427,966) with new-onset neck pain from 2010-2014. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Opioid use was defined using retail pharmacy fills. We performed logistic regression analysis to assess the association between initial provider and opioid use. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using bootstrapping logistic models. We performed propensity score matching as a robustness check on our findings. RESULTS: Compared to patients with neck pain who saw a primary health care provider, patients with neck pain who initially saw a conservative therapist were 72%-91% less likely to fill an opioid prescription in the first 30 days, and between 41%-87% less likely to continue filling prescriptions for 1 year. People with neck pain who initially saw emergency medicine physicians had the highest odds of opioid use during the first 30 days (OR, 3.58; 95% CI, 3.47-3.69; P<.001). CONCLUSIONS: A patient's initial clinical contact for neck pain may be an important opportunity to influence subsequent opioid use. Understanding more about the roles that conservative therapists play in the treatment of neck pain may be key in unlocking new ways to lessen the burden of opioid use in the United States.


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Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use , Drug Prescriptions/statistics & numerical data , Neck Pain/drug therapy , Physical Therapy Modalities/statistics & numerical data , Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Acupuncture Therapy/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Chiropractic/statistics & numerical data , Databases, Factual , Emergency Medicine/statistics & numerical data , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Neck Pain/therapy , Neurology/statistics & numerical data , Orthopedics/statistics & numerical data , Practice Patterns, Physicians'/statistics & numerical data , Retrospective Studies
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J Healthc Manag ; 58(6): 399-410; discussion 410-1, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24400456

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The 2010 recommendation that the proportion of registered nurses with BSN (bachelor of science in nursing) degrees in the nursing workforce should increase from the current 40% to 80% by the year 2020 has shifted the focus on nurses educational progression from state legislatures-where changes in entry-level requirements were debated for decades-to the executive suites of large healthcare providers. The recommendation, contained in the report titled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine, suggests that human resources policies for nurses have the potential to double the rates of college degree completions (IOM, 2010). We surveyed 447 nurse executives in hospitals, nurse-led clinics, and home and hospice companies to explore the current practices of healthcare employers with regard to this recommendation. Almost 80% of respondents reported that their institution either preferred or required newly hired nurses to have a bachelor's degree, and 94% of the facilities offered some level of tuition reimbursement. Only 25%, however, required their nurses to earn a BSN or offered salary differentials on the basis of educational attainment (9%). We conclude that if employers are serious about wanting a more highly educated nurse workforce, they need to adopt requirements for degree completion and wage differentials in the coming years. The likelihood that such policies will be widely adopted, however, is dramatically affected by the dynamics of nursing supply and demand.


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Education, Nursing , Health Facilities , Organizational Policy , Educational Status , Humans , Nursing Staff/economics , Personnel Selection , Salaries and Fringe Benefits , Surveys and Questionnaires
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