Association of Opioid Prescribing Patterns With Prescription Opioid Overdose in Adolescents and Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Safe opioid prescribing practices are critical to mitigate the risk of prescription opioid overdose in adolescents and young adults. However, studies that examine opioid prescribing patterns associated with prescription opioid overdose have mostly focused on older adults. The generalizability of these studies to adolescents and young adults is unclear.

Objective

To identify opioid prescribing patterns associated with prescription opioid overdose in adolescents and young adults.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study assessed privately insured patients aged 12 to 21 years with opioid prescription claims in the IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters database between July 1, 2009, and October 1, 2017, and no cancer diagnosis

SUBMITTER: Chua KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990690 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature