Association between initial opioid prescription diagnosis type and subsequent chronic prescription opioid use in Rhode Island: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify initial diagnoses associated with elevated risk of chronic prescription opioid use.

Design

Population-based, retrospective cohort study.

Setting

State of Rhode Island.

Participants

Rhode Island residents with an initial opioid prescription dispensed between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020.

Primary outcome measure

Subsequent chronic prescription opioid use, defined as receiving 60 or more days' supply of opioids in the 90 days following an initial opioid prescription.

Results

Among the 87 055 patients with an initial opioid prescription, 3199 (3.7%) subsequently became chronic users. Patients who become chronic users tended to receive a longer days' supply, greater quantity dispensed, but a lower morphine milligram equivalents

SUBMITTER: Hallowell BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8739418 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature