Open AccessCare Coordination for Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy Following Surgery
Author(s) -
Pooja Lagisetty,
Amy S. B. Bohnert,
Jenna Goesling,
Hsou Mei Hu,
Breanna Travis,
Kiran H. Lagisetty,
Chad M. Brummett,
Michael J. Englesbe,
Jennifer F. Waljee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000003235
Subject(s) - medicine , opioid , medical prescription , retrospective cohort study , odds ratio , chronic pain , cohort , cohort study , anesthesia , physical therapy , receptor , pharmacology
To describe if patients with chronic opioid use with a consistent usual prescriber (UP) prior to surgery and if early return to that UP (<30 d) would be associated with fewer high risk prescribing events in the postoperative period.