Differences in opioid prescription rates between patients with musculoskeletal disorders enrolled in coordinated ambulatory healthcare and patients receiving usual care: a retrospective observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare opioid prescription rates between patients enrolled in coordinated ambulatory care and patients receiving usual care.

Design

In this retrospective cohort study, we analysed claims data for insured patients with non-specific/specific back pain or osteoarthritis of hip or knee from 2014 to 2017.

Setting

The study was based on administrative data provided by the statutory health insurance fund 'Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse', in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Participants

The intervention group consisted of patients enrolled in a coordinated ambulatory healthcare model; the control group included patients receiving usual care. Outcomes were overall strong and weak opioid prescriptions. Generalised linear regression models were used to

SUBMITTER: Muller A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9364404 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature