Risk factors for opioid-related adverse drug events among older adults after hospital discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although opioids are initiated on hospital discharge in millions of older adults each year, there are no studies examining patient- and prescribing-related risk factors for opioid-related adverse drug events (ADEs) after hospital discharge among medical patients.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study of a national sample of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older, hospitalized for a medical reason, with at least one claim for an opioid within 2 days of hospital discharge. We excluded patients receiving hospice care and patients admitted from or discharged to a facility. We used administrative billing codes and medication claims to define potential opioid-related ADEs within 30 days of hospital discharge, and competing risks regression to identify risk factor

SUBMITTER: Herzig SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10911129 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature