Opioid Use Patterns in a Statewide Adult Medicaid Population Undergoing Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective administrative database review.

Objective

Analyze patterns of opioid use in patients undergoing lumbar surgery and determine associated risk factors in a Medicaid population.

Summary of background data

Opioid use in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spine conditions is prevalent and impacts outcomes. There is limited information defining the scope of this problem in Medicaid patients.

Materials and methods

Longitudinal cohort study of adult South Carolina (SC) Medicaid patients undergoing lumbar surgery from 2014 to 2017. All patients had continuous SC Medicaid coverage for 15 consecutive months, including six months before and nine months following surgery. The primary outcome was a longitudinal assessment of postop

SUBMITTER: Reitman CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9825641 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature