Long-acting opioid initiation in US nursing homes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To estimate the proportion of residents newly initiating long-acting opioids in comparison to residents initiating short-acting opioids and examine variation in long-acting opioid initiation by region and resident characteristics.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 182 735 long-stay nursing home residents in 13 881 US nursing homes who were Medicare beneficiaries during 2011 to 2013 and initiated a short-acting or long-acting opioid (excluding residents <50 years old, those with cancer, or receiving hospice care). Medicare Part D prescription claims were used to identify residents as newly initiating short-acting or long-acting opioids, defined as having a prescription claim for an opioid with no prior opioid prescriptions in the preceding 60 days. We estima

SUBMITTER: Hunnicutt JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6279625 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature