2024
Racial Disparities in Opioid Prescribing in the United States from 2011 to 2021: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Hirani S, Benkli B, Odonkor C, Hirani Z, Oso T, Bohacek S, Wiedrick J, Hildebrand A, Osuagwu U, Orhurhu V, Hooten W, Abdi S, Meghani S. Racial Disparities in Opioid Prescribing in the United States from 2011 to 2021: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal Of Pain Research 2024, 17: 3639-3649. PMID: 39529944, PMCID: PMC11552391, DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s477128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic white patientsOpioid analgesiaRacial/ethnic disparitiesWhite patientsMeta-analysisPain managementHispanic patientsSystematic reviewPain treatmentBlack patientsUnited StatesPersistent disparitiesAdult patient populationPrescription medicationsPain outcomesRacial disparitiesOpioid prescribingHispanic populationAnalgesic outcomesOpioid analgesicsSystematic searchPatient populationAnalgesiaPainDisparities
2021
Diversity of Pain Medicine Trainees and Faculty in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Fellowship Training from 2009–2019
Odonkor CA, Leitner B, Taraben S, Adekoya P, Orhurhu V, Hirani S, Ike K, Lee R, Vanterpool S, Goree JH, Sully K, Poree L. Diversity of Pain Medicine Trainees and Faculty in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Fellowship Training from 2009–2019. Pain Medicine 2021, 22: 819-828. PMID: 33502490, PMCID: PMC8599803, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnab004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain fellowsCross-sectional retrospective analysisPain fellowship programsPain medicine fellowsNative Americans/Alaskan NativesRatio of menCross-sectional analysisRetrospective analysisLower oddsMedicine training programsMedical CollegeFellowship traineesPractice settingsMedicine traineesAlaskan NativesGraduate Medical EducationSignificant differencesUnited StatesFellowship programsAccreditation CouncilAmerican AssociationEthnicity compositionSexUnited States Accreditation CouncilTraining program