Trends in Routine Opioid Dispensing After Common Pediatric Surgeries in the United States: 2014-2019.
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- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Sutherland TN; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care.; Centers for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation.; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.; Wunsch H; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.; Department of Anesthesia and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.; Newcomb C; Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics.; Hadland SE; Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, MassGeneral Hospital for Children.; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.; Gaskins L; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care.; Centers for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation.; Neuman MD; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care.; Centers for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation.; Pharmacoepidemiology Research and Training, Perelman School of Medicine.; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0376422 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1098-4275 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00314005 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Pediatrics Subsets: MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
Using Joinpoint regression, our study revealed substantial decreases in postoperative opioid dispensing after outpatient pediatric surgeries beginning in 2017.
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