Development and implementation of a prescription opioid registry across diverse health systems.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Develop and implement a prescription opioid registry in 10 diverse health systems across the US and describe trends in prescribed opioids between 2012 and 2018.

Materials and methods

Using electronic health record and claims data, we identified patients who had an outpatient fill for any prescription opioid, and/or an opioid use disorder diagnosis, between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2018. The registry contains distributed files of prescription opioids, benzodiazepines and other select medications, opioid antagonists, clinical diagnoses, procedures, health services utilization, and health plan membership. Rates of outpatient opioid fills over the study period, standardized to health system demographic distributions, are described by age, gender, and race/ethni

SUBMITTER: Ray GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9150082 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature