Opioid Prescribing by Dentists in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nonopioid analgesics are more effective for most oral pain, but data suggest that dental prescribing of opioids is excessive. This study evaluates the extent to which opioids exceed recommendations and the characteristics associated with opioid overprescribing by Veterans Health Administration dentists.

Methods

This was a national cross-sectional study of Veterans' dental visits from 2015 to 2018. Overprescribing was defined per national guidelines as >120 morphine milligram equivalents (primary outcome). The association of dental visit and patient demographic and medical characteristics was modeled with overprescribing (defined as >120 morphine milligram equivalents) using Poisson regression with clustering by facility and patient. A secondary analysis assessed

SUBMITTER: Suda KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9780026 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature