Long-Term Opioid Therapy in Older Cancer Survivors: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the rates and predictors of long-term opioid therapy in older cancer survivors.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Texas, United States.

Participants

Cancer survivors (5 years or more postcancer diagnosis) diagnosed from 1995 to 2008 and who were also Medicare Parts A, B, and D beneficiaries.

Measurements

We used Medicare Part D event data to calculate the proportion of cancer survivors with a prolonged opioid prescription (90-day or more supply of opioids/year). Adjusted odds ratios were calculated to identify predictors of prolonged opioid prescribing. All analyses were repeated with a subcohort of opioid-naïve cancer survivors.

Results

The rate of prolonged opioid therapy for cancer patients diagnosed in 2008 was 7

SUBMITTER: Shah R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645777 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature