Effect of Opioid Limiting Legislation on Postoperative Opioid Utilization in Patients Treated for Ankle Fractures

Background: The state of Ohio implemented legislation in August of 2017 limiting the quantity of opioids a provider could prescribe. The purpose of this study was to identify if implementation of legislation affected opioid and nonopioid utilization in patients operatively treated for ankle fracture...

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Main Authors: Connor G. Hoge BS, Robert N. Matar MD, Colin D. F. Cotton BA, Michael G. Rubeiz BA, Tonya L. Dixon MD, Richard T. Laughlin MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-10-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011420939501