Opioid Prescribing After Nonfatal Overdose and Association With Repeated Overdose A Cohort Study
Opioid Prescribing After Nonfatal Overdose and Association With Repeated Overdose A Cohort Study
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DOI:
10.7326/m15-0038
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发表时间:
2016-01-05
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39.2
通讯作者:
Wharam, J. Frank
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作者:
Larochelle, Marc R.;Liebschutz, Jane M.;Wharam, J. Frank
Background: Nonfatal opioid overdose is an opportunity to identify and treat substance use disorders, but treatment patterns after the overdose are unknown.Objective: To determine prescribed opioid dosage after an opioid overdose and its association with repeated overdose.Design: Retrospective cohort study.Setting: A large U.S. health insurer.Participants: 2848 commercially insured patients aged 18 to 64 years who had a nonfatal opioid overdose during long-term opioid therapy for noncancer pain between May 2000 and December 2012.Measurements: Nonfatal opioid overdose was identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, codes from emergency department or inpatient claims. The primary outcome was daily morphine-equivalent dosage (MED) of opioids dispensed from 60 days before to up to 730 days after the index overdose. We categorized dosages as large (>= 100 mg MED), moderate (50 to