• Am J Emerg Med · Nov 2020

    Multicenter Study

    Opioid prescribing patterns in emergency departments and future opioid use in adolescent patients.

    • Patrick J Van Winkle, Ali Ghobadi, Qiaoling Chen, Michael Menchine, and Adam L Sharp.
    • Kaiser Permanente, Orange County, 3440 La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA 92806, United States. Electronic address: patrick.j.vanwinkle@kp.org.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Nov 1; 38 (11): 2297-2302.

    ObjectiveEvidence suggests that exposure to opioids in adolescence increases risk of future opioid use. We evaluate if exposure to high versus low intensity opioid prescribers in the Emergency Department (ED) influences the risk of future opioid use in adolescents.MethodsRetrospective study of opioid-naïve patients 10 to 17 years seen in one of 14 EDs between January 2013 and December 2014. We categorized ED providers into quartiles according to the proportion of encounters resulting in opioid prescriptions. Primary outcome was use of opioids in the subsequent 12 months. Analysis adjusted for patient characteristics and compared future use of opioids for patients seen by the lowest versus the highest prescribing quartiles.ResultsWe included 9,688 patient encounters evaluated by the lowest opioid prescribing physician quartile versus 9,467 in the highest. The highest quartile gave opioid prescriptions to 14.9% of their patients compared to 2.8% for the lowest quartile. No association with future opioid use was found for patients evaluated by low versus high prescriber quartiles (OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.90-1.08). Patients with increasing age (OR 2.15, 95% CI 1.92-2.42) and white versus Hispanic ethnicity (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.33-1.80) were associated with recurrent opioid use.ConclusionWe found no association between high intensity opioid prescribers and recurrent 12 month use of opioids in opioid-naïve adolescents seen in the ED. This likely reflects various factors that put adolescents at risk for recurrent opioid use and may indicate the importance of the second prescription from primary care after initial exposure to opioids.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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