Association Between Naloxone Coprescription Mandates and Postoperative Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The opioid epidemic is a public health issue in the United States. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between naloxone coprescription mandates and postoperative outcomes.

Background

Data on naloxone coprescription mandates show mixed evidence for fatal overdoses in the broader population. How these mandates have impacted surgical patients has not been fully explored.

Methods

Healthcare claims data were used to identify all patients undergoing 1 of 50 common procedures between January 1, 2004, and June 30, 2019, and categorized as high risk for opioid overdose. The primary outcomes were an emergency department visit or hospital admission within 30 postoperative days. To reduce confounding, the association between this outcome and t

SUBMITTER: Du AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10439975 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature