Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of chronic pain.

Mary E Morales; R Jason Yong

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Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of chronic pain.

December 29, 2020

Morales ME, Yong RJ. Pain Med. 2020;22(1):75-90.

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This literature review identified an adverse association between non-White race and treatment of chronic pain as well as racial differences in long-term monitoring for opioid misuse among patients with chronic pain.

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