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RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2022 Nov 14


Ann Surg

Long-Term Health Outcomes of New Persistent Opioid Use after Surgery among Medicare Beneficiaries.

Authors

Santosa KB, Priest CR, Oliver JD, Kenney B, Bicket MC, Brummett CM, Waljee JF
Ann Surg. 2022 Nov 14.
PMID: 36375090.

Abstract

We examined long-term health outcomes associated with new persistent opioid use after surgery and hypothesized that patients with new persistent opioid use would have poorer overall health outcomes compared to those who did not develop new persistent opioid use after surgery.