CANCER PAIN & PALLIATIVE CARE SECTION Original Research Articles Prescription Coverage in Indigent Patients Affects the Use of Long-Acting Opioids in the Management of Cancer Pain

Purpose. We tested the hypothesis that prescrip- tion coverage affects the prescribing of long-acting opiates to indigent inner city minority patients with cancer pain. Materials and Methods. We conducted a chart review of 360 patients treated in the Oncology