Characteristics of Opioid Prescribing in Non-surgical Medicine Patients with Acute Pain at Hospital Discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The opioid epidemic and new Joint Commission standards around opioid stewardship have made the appropriate prescribing of opioids a priority. A knowledge gap exists pertaining to the short-term prescription of opioids at hospital discharge for acute pain in non-surgical patients.

Objective

To characterize the quantity, type, and indication of opioids prescribed for non-surgical patients on hospital discharge and subsequent patient utilization.

Design

This multicenter, single-health system retrospective cohort study was conducted for quality improvement purposes from December 2019 to May 2020 with patient follow-up 15 to 29 days after hospital discharge.

Participants

Patients discharged from a medicine service with new opioid prescriptions, defined as

SUBMITTER: Engstrom K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8858354 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature