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Annie Kuster: the use of quality metrics with regard to bringing down the pain surveys, bringing down the numbers, inadvertently…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
the use of quality metrics with regard to bringing down the pain surveys, bringing down the numbers, inadvertently incentivized physicians to push opiate medication
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Annie Kuster
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Kuster discusses unintended consequences of quality metrics leading to increased opioid prescriptions.

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