Opioid prescribing for chronic pain in a community-based healthcare system.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate opioid prescribing in an ambulatory setting among patients with noncancer chronic pain (CP).

Study Design: Cross-sectional analysis.

Methods: We identified patients with at least 2 CP encounters at least 30 days apart in 2012 in the electronic health records of a community-based healthcare delivery system in northern California.

Patient characteristics and healthcare utilization of a chronic pain population within an integrated healthcare system.

Objectives: We sought to characterize the chronic pain (CP) population and healthcare utilization across types of CP within a community-based healthcare system.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study of electronic health records data from 2012.

Methods: Patients 18 years or older with at least 2 encounter diagnoses for CP conditions in 2012 were included in the study.