Nicholas A Giordano, Guantao Zhao, Manvitha Kalicheti, Mara L Schenker, Yolanda Wimberly, Cammie Wolf Rice, Nicoleta Serban
Opioids are vital to pain management and sedation after trauma-related hospitalization. However, there are many confounding clinical, social, and environmental factors that exacerbate pain, post-injury care needs, and receipt of opioid prescriptions following orthopaedic trauma. This retrospective study sought to characterize differences in opioid prescribing and dosing in a national Medicaid eligible sample from 2010-2018. The study population included adults, discharged after orthopaedic trauma hospitalization, and receiving an opioid prescription within 30 days of discharge...
2024: Frontiers in Public Health