Risk of an Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visit or Hospitalization Among Older Breast, Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether long-term cancer survivors (≥5 years after diagnosis) are at an increased risk of experiencing an opioid-related emergency department (ED) visit or hospitalization compared with persons without cancer.

Methods

A 1:1 matched retrospective cohort study was performed using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare linked data sets. The analysis was conducted from October 2020 to December 2020 in persons who lived 5 years or more after a breast, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer diagnosis matched to noncancer controls on the basis of age, sex, race, pain conditions, and previous opioid use. Fine-Gray regression models were used to assess the relationship between cancer survivorship status and opioid-related ED visit or hospitalizatio

SUBMITTER: Gibson DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8898260 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature