WCRI to Hold Opioid Prescription Trend Webinar Sept. 28

The Workers Compensation Research Institute will hold a one-hour webinar on opioid prescription trends on Sept. 28. The webinar begins at 2 p.m. Eastern time. WCRI authors Dogchun Wang and Vennela Thumula will use two recently published studies, "Interstate Variations in Use of Opioids, 4th Edition" and "Longer-Term Dispensing of Opioids, 4th Edition," to address the following questions: How often were opioids dispensed to injured workers, and in what quantities? Which states prescribed the most opioids? Which states had significant changes in prescription habits? Ho...