What can the medical record reveal about problem opioid use?

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Jane C Ballantyne. Pain. 2015 Jul.

. 2015 Jul;156(7):1182-1183.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000165.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

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The prevalence of problem opioid use in patients receiving chronic opioid therapy: computer-assisted review of electronic health record clinical notes.
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