• Annals of surgery · Aug 2023

    Evidence-Based Opioid Prescribing Guidelines and New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery.

    • Ryan Howard, Andrew Ryan, Hsou Mei Hu, Craig S Brown, Jennifer Waljee, Mark C Bicket, Michael Englesbe, and Chad M Brummett.
    • Department of Surgery.
    • Ann. Surg. 2023 Aug 1; 278 (2): 216221216-221.

    ObjectiveEvaluate the association of evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines with new persistent opioid use after surgery.Summary Background DataPatients exposed to opioids after surgery are at risk of new persistent opioid use, which is associated with opioid use disorder and overdose. It is unknown whether evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines mitigate this risk.MethodsUsing Medicare claims, we performed a difference-in-differences study of opioid-naive patients who underwent 1 of 6 common surgical procedures for which evidence-based postoperative opioid prescribing guidelines were released and disseminated through a statewide quality collaborative in Michigan in October 2017. The primary outcome was the incidence of new persistent opioid use, and the secondary outcome was total postoperative opioid prescription quantity in oral morphine equivalents (OME).ResultsWe identified 24,908 patients who underwent surgery in Michigan and 118,665 patients who underwent surgery outside of Michigan. Following the release of prescribing guidelines in Michigan, the adjusted incidence of new persistent opioid use decreased from 3.29% (95% CI 3.15-3.43%) to 2.51% (95% CI 2.35-2.67%) in Michigan, which was an additional 0.53 (95% CI 0.36-0.69) percentage point decrease compared with patients outside of Michigan. Simultaneously, adjusted opioid prescription quantity decreased from 199.5 (95% CI 198.3-200.6) mg OME to 88.6 (95% CI 78.7-98.5) mg OME in Michigan, which was an additional 55.7 (95% CI 46.5-65.4) mg OME decrease compared with patients outside of Michigan.ConclusionsEvidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines were associated with a significant reduction in the incidence of new persistent opioid use and the quantity of opioids prescribed after surgery.Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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