Opioid Dependence and Associated Health Care Utilization and Cost in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Population: Analysis Using Marketscan Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postinjury pain is a well-known debilitating complication of spinal cord injury (SCI), often resulting in long-term, high-dose opioid use with the potential for dependence. There is a gap in knowledge about the risk of opioid dependence and the associated health care utilization and cost in SCI.

Objectives

To evaluate the association of SCI with postinjury opioid use and dependence and evaluate the effect of this opioid dependence on postinjury health care utilization.

Methods

Using the MarketScan Database, health care utilization claims data were queried to extract 7187 adults with traumatic SCI from 2000 to 2019. Factors associated with post-SCI opioid use and dependence, postinjury health care utilization, and payments were analyzed with generalized line

SUBMITTER: Wilkinson RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936895 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature