New Persistent Opioid Use After Minor and Major Surgical Procedures in US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite increased focus on reducing opioid prescribing for long-term pain, little is known regarding the incidence and risk factors for persistent opioid use after surgery.

Objective

To determine the incidence of new persistent opioid use after minor and major surgical procedures.

Design, setting, and participants

Using a nationwide insurance claims data set from 2013 to 2014, we identified US adults aged 18 to 64 years without opioid use in the year prior to surgery (ie, no opioid prescription fulfillments from 12 months to 1 month prior to the procedure). For patients filling a perioperative opioid prescription, we calculated the incidence of persistent opioid use for more than 90 days among opioid-naive patients after both minor surgical procedures (ie,

SUBMITTER: Brummett CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050825 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature