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Luis B Fandino1, Abhiram Bhashyam1,2, Mitchel B Harris1,2
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Objective:
Opioid prescribing after hip fracture fixation is variable, but the factors that drive this prescribing variation are not well-described. The purpose of this study was to determine independent factors associated with increased opioid prescription upon discharge after hip fracture fixation.
Methods:
A retrospective cohort study of 296 adult patients who underwent hip fracture fixation between January 2016 and December 2017 at two Level I trauma centers were included in our study. The primary outcome measurement was opioid prescription at discharge in morphine milligram equivalents (MME). Bivariate analysis was used to screen for factors, and multivariable regression analysis was used to identify independent factors associated with opioid prescription upon discharge from the hospital.
Results:
Discharge opioid prescription amounts were available for 280 out of 296 patients (95%). The mean (±standard deviation) discharge opioid prescription was 212 (±319) MME. Multivariable regression analysis showed that younger age (p = 0.004), diabetes mellitus (p = 0.02), smoking (p < 0.001), treatment at hospital #2 (p < 0.001), and weekend discharge (p = 0.03) were associated with increased opioid prescription at discharge.
Conclusions:
Increased opioid prescribing after hip fracture fixation is associated with patient- and system-related factors. Prescriber education programs, prescription guidelines, and safe handoff practices that focus on these factors may help to decrease prescription variability and opioid overprescription across institutions.
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