title: Repeat chronic pain visits reduced from 19 to two.
abstract: Alert ED physicians about patients at risk for inappropriate use of narcotics. Help patients to set up a patient management contract with a physician. Explain that escalating doses are unsafe.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010146:Pain; D014922:Wisconsin