Journal of general internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Influence of Patient Race and Activation on Pain Management in Advanced Lung Cancer: a Randomized Field Experiment.
Pain management racial disparities exist, yet it is unclear whether disparities exist in pain management in advanced cancer. ⋯ Neither race nor activation was associated with opioid prescribing; activation was associated with better pain assessment. In post hoc analyses, oncologists were less likely to prescribe opioids to black male SPs than white male SPs; PCPs had no racial disparities. In general, physicians may be under-prescribing opioids for cancer pain.
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