Deaths among opioid users: impact of potential inappropriate prescribing practices.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association between potential inappropriate prescribing practices of opioids and deaths among opioid users in the Georgia Medicaid population.

Study design

A retrospective analysis of individual pharmacy claims data from Georgia Medicaid from 2009 through 2014.

Methods

The sample was restricted to patients without cancer aged 18 to 64 years with an opioid prescription and included 3,562,227 observations representing 401,488 individuals. A descriptive analysis and a multivariate logistic regression analysis were conducted.

Results

Results indicate a total of 14,516 deaths among opioid users in the study sample, of whom approximately 42% experienced at least 1 incidence of potential inappropriate prescribing practices. Regression results

SUBMITTER: Jayawardhana J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083064 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature