High-risk Prescribing Following Surgery Among Payer Types for Patients on Chronic Opioids.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Among those on chronic opioids, to determine whether patients with Medicaid coverage have higher rates of high-risk opioid prescribing following surgery compared with patients on private insurance.

Background

Following surgery, patients on chronic opioids experience gaps in transitions of care back to their usual opioid prescriber, but differences by payer type are not well understood. This study aimed to analyze how new high-risk opioid prescribing following surgery compares between Medicaid and private insurance.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study through the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative, perioperative data from 70 hospitals across Michigan were linked to prescription drug monitoring program data. Patients with either Medicaid or private

SUBMITTER: Sharif L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11282477 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature