[Answered]: In the last 20 years, pain management has been…

In the last 20 years, pain management has been more of a focus particularly in regard to quality of care. It has also become the focus of much dispute in the last few years since increased awareness of patient pain has also correlated with increased prescribing of opioids and increased incidence of opioid dependence and addiction. This led to the release of the CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain which was released in 2016.