Published on in Vol 8 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/53510, first published .
Occurrence of Stigmatizing Documentation Among Hospital Medicine Encounters With Opioid-Related Diagnosis Codes: Cohort Study

Occurrence of Stigmatizing Documentation Among Hospital Medicine Encounters With Opioid-Related Diagnosis Codes: Cohort Study

Occurrence of Stigmatizing Documentation Among Hospital Medicine Encounters With Opioid-Related Diagnosis Codes: Cohort Study

William S Bradford   1 , MD ;   Reed W R Bratches   2 , MPH, PhD ;   Hollie Porras   3 , PharmD ;   David R Chen   4 , MD ;   Kelly W Gagnon   5 , PhD ;   Simon B Ascher   4 , MPH, MD

1 Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

2 School of Nursing, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

3 Department of Pharmacy, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, United States

4 Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, United States

5 School of Public Health, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • William S Bradford, MD
  • Division of Infectious Diseases
  • University of Alabama Birmingham
  • Boshell Building 8th floor
  • 1808 7th Ave S
  • Birmingham, AL, 35233
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 205-934-8610
  • Email: wsbradford@uabmc.edu