Doctors who attend lower-tier medical schools prescribe far more opioids, study finds
A new study finds physicians who studied at lower-ranked schools prescribe nearly three times as many opioids as those who attended top institutions.
A physician’s propensity to prescribe opioids could be affected by a range of factors relating to background and clinical experiences. But new research shows one variable may be especially influential: where the doctor went to medical school.
A published Monday by economics professors at Princeton University determined that physicians who studied at lower-ranked medical schools prescribe nearly three times as many opioids per year as those who attended top-tier institutions.
