Originally published by our sister publication, Pain Medicine News
A retrospective analysis of privately insured patients reveals inter- and intra-regional variability in postoperative opioid prescribing patterns across the United States for 10 common orthopedic procedures, except total joint arthroplasty (TJA).
The investigators examined 73,921 opioid-naive patients from the MarketScan database between 2015 and 2016 (J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2021;29[5]:219-226). Grouped by region (Midwest,