Opioid Prescription Rate by Military Dentists in Fort Bragg, NC 2009-2018

Abstract

Background: Opioid overuse is a public health concern in the United States and affects both the civilian and military population. The Military Health System have showed and increased in opioid prescriptions in service members returning from deployment. Fort Bragg is the largest military installation in the world, and has the most frequently deployed units in the Army. There are limited studies describing opioid prescription rates by dentists, despite the fact that it has been estimated that dentists prescribe 11% of the overall annual number of opioid prescriptions in the US, the second highest prescribers after family physicians.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 05, 2020
Accession Number
AD1182839

Entities

People

  • Tania M Sanchez Dominguez

Organizations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Addiction
  • Analgesics
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drug Abuse
  • Education
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Maxilla
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Opioids
  • Pain
  • Pain Management
  • Pharmacies
  • Physicians
  • Public Health
  • Surgery
  • Teeth
  • Training
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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