Research ArticleOriginal Research

A New Quality Improvement Toolkit to Improve Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care

Constance van Eeghen, Amanda G. Kennedy, Mark E. Pasanen and Charles D. MacLean
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2020, 33 (1) 17-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.01.190238

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