Evaluation of a novel metric for personalized opioid prescribing after hospitalization.

<h4>Background</h4>The duration of an opioid prescribed at hospital discharge does not intrinsically account for opioid needs during a hospitalization. This discrepancy may lead to patients receiving much larger supplies of opioids on discharge than they truly require.<h4>Objective...

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Main Authors: Nicholas R Iverson, Catherine Y Lau, Yumiko Abe-Jones, Margaret C Fang, Kirsten N Kangelaris, Priya Prasad, Sachin J Shah, Nader Najafi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244735