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The Overuse of the Emergency Department at a Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic by Patients with Chronic Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction Pain represents up to 78% of emergency department (ED) appointments, and an average of 16% of patients that consume ED resources have chronic pain. ED overuse could be an indicator of poor pain management. We are not aware of any study that has ever been carried out to understand the in...

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Autores principales: Felix, Filipa, Oliveira, Elsa, Silva, Sofia C, Agualusa, Luís
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9925021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36793836
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33757