Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Prescriptions in Benign and Malignant Pancreatic Disease in the United States

Racial-ethnic disparities in opioid prescriptions were observed in pancreatitis, but not pancreatic cancer patient visits, suggesting possible racial-ethnic bias in opioid prescription practices for patients with benign pancreatic disease. However, there is a lower threshold for opioid provision in the treatment of malignant, terminal disease.