Reduction in Opioid Prescribing Through Evidence-Based Prescribing Guidelines

JAMA Surg. 2018 Mar 1;153(3):285-287. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.4436.

Abstract

This interrupted time series analysis found significant changes in multiple dimensions of pain medication usage after the implementation of postoperative opioid prescription guidelines in a single hospital.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acetaminophen / therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / adverse effects
  • Drug Prescriptions* / statistics & numerical data
  • Evidence-Based Medicine*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocodone / administration & dosage
  • Hydrocodone / therapeutic use*
  • Ibuprofen / therapeutic use
  • Interrupted Time Series Analysis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain Measurement
  • Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy*
  • Pain, Postoperative / etiology
  • Postoperative Care / standards*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Acetaminophen
  • Hydrocodone
  • Ibuprofen