Changes in Postpartum Opioid Prescribing After Implementation of State Opioid Prescribing Limits.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In response to the growing opioid crisis, states implemented opioid prescribing limits to reduce exposure to opioid analgesics. Research in other clinical contexts has found that these limits are relatively ineffective at changing opioid analgesic prescribing.

Objective

To examine the association of state-level opioid prescribing limits with opioid prescribing within the 30-day postpartum period, as disaggregated by type of delivery (vaginal vs cesarean) and opioid naivete.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, observational cohort study used commercial claims data from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2021, from 49 US states and a difference-in-differences staggered adoption estimator to examine changes in postpartum opioid prescribing amon

SUBMITTER: Fry CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11787902 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature