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J Opioid Manag. 2023 Nov-Dec;19(6):465-488. doi: 10.5055/jom.0832.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate opioid use trajectories among a sample of 10,138 Medicaid patients receiving one of six index surgeries: lumbar spine, total knee arthroplasty, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, colon resection, and tonsillectomy.
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort.
SETTING: Administrative claims data.
PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS: Patients, aged 13 years and older, with 15-month continuous Medicaid eligibility surrounding index surgery, were selected from single-state Medicaid medical and pharmacy claims data for surgeries performed between 2014 and 2017.
INTERVENTIONS: None.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Baseline comorbidities and presurgery opioid use were assessed in the 6 months prior to admission, and patients’ opioid use was followed for 9 months post-discharge. Generalized linear model with log link and Poisson distribution was used to determine risk of chronic opioid use for all risk factors. Group-based trajectory models identified groups of patients with similar opioid use trajectories over the 15-month study period.
RESULTS: More than one in three (37.7 percent) patients were post-surgery chronic opioid users, defined as the dichotomous outcome of filling an opioid prescription 90 or more days after surgery. Key variables associated with chronic post-surgery opioid use include presurgery opioid use, 30-day post-surgery opioid use, and comorbidities. Latent trajectory modeling grouped patients into six distinct opioid use trajectories. Associates of trajectory group membership are reported.
CONCLUSIONS: Findings support the importance of surgeons setting realistic patient expectations for post-surgical opioid use, as well as the importance of coordination of post-surgical care among patients failing to fully taper off opioids within 1-3 months of surgery.
PMID:38189189 | DOI:10.5055/jom.0832
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