New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

New persistent opioid use after surgery is contributing to the opioid crisis affecting the US, and interventions to limit postoperative opioid prescriptions have been proposed to mitigate the opioid-related health care burden. Limited information is available regarding the incidence of new persistent use after surgery in other countries.

Objective

To determine the incidence of new persistent opioid use and to evaluate factors associated with its risk after surgery in Austria.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, population-based cohort study used administrative data from the national Austrian social insurance database for adult patients undergoing surgery between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021. Exclusion criteria were incomplete exp

SUBMITTER: Bologheanu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843354 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature