New chronic opioid use in Medicaid patients following cholecystectomy

New chronic opioid use in Medicaid patients following cholecystectomy

Background: Commercial insurance data show that chronic opioid use in opioid-naive patients occurs in 1.5% to 8% of patients undergoing surgical procedures, but little is known about patients with Medicaid. Methods: Opioid prescription data and medical coding data from 4,788 Medicaid patients who un...

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Main Authors: Mark A Lockett, MD, Ralph C Ward, PhD, Jenna L McCauley, PhD, David J Taber, PharmD, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, PhD, Robert A Cina, MD, William T Basco, Jr, MD, Patrick D. Mauldin, PhD, Sarah J Ball, PharmD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845022000343

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