Postoperative Opioid Prescribing and the Pain Scores on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey

JAMA. 2017 May 16;317(19):2013-2015. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.2827.

Abstract

This study uses insurance claims and HCAHPS data to investigate correlations between measures of pain and patient satisfaction after hospital discharge and postoperative opioid prescriptions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data
  • Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • General Surgery / statistics & numerical data
  • Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Insurance Claim Review
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Michigan
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / surgery
  • Orthopedic Procedures / statistics & numerical data
  • Pain Measurement / standards*
  • Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy*
  • Patient Satisfaction*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
  • Reimbursement Mechanisms*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid