Opioid prescribing to people on orthopaedic waiting lists during the covid-19 pandemic in England: retrospective cohort study using linked electronic health record data in OpenSAFELY-TPP.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the changes in opioid prescribing over time to a population with high rates of opioid use to understand the impact of longer elective wait times during the covid-19 pandemic.

Design

With the approval of NHS England, a retrospective cohort study using linked electronic health record data in OpenSAFELY-TPP.

Setting

Primary and secondary care electronic health records of people registered at general practices in England that use TPP SystmOne software, covering about 43% of the total registered population in England, linked to data from the Waiting List Minimum Dataset (WLMDS) within the OpenSAFELY-TPP platform, which is part of the NHS England OpenSAFELY covid-19 service.

Participants

63 850 eligible patients on the waiting list for elective

SUBMITTER: Higgins R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12699563 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature