Decreasing Trends in Opioid Prescribing on Discharge to Hospice Care.

ABSTRACT:

Context

There are concerns that policies aimed to prevent opioid misuse may unintentionally reduce access to opioids for patients at end-of-life.

Objective

We assessed trends in opioid prescribing among patients on discharge from the hospital to hospice care.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study among adult (age ≥18 years) patients discharged from a 544-576 bed, academic medical center to hospice care between January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2018. Study data were collected from a repository of patients' electronic health record data. Our primary outcome was the frequency of opioid prescribing on discharge to hospice care. Our primary exposure was the calendar year of discharge. We also investigated non-opioid analgesic prescribing and stratified opioid prescri

SUBMITTER: Furuno JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8502178 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature