OPIOID DISCONTINUATION RATES: RISK STRATIFICATION USING A CLAIMS-BASED FRAILTY INDEX (2013–2018 MEDICARE)
Kevin Pritchard, Chun-Ting Yang, Qiaoxi Chen, Yichi Zhang, James Wilkins, Dae Hyun Kim, Kueiyu Joshua Lin · 2024
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Frail elders who start opioids after a fracture may stay on them longer than sturdy peers. Kevin Pritchard and co-authors test that fear in a 2024 Medicare study. They track 21,728 new opioid users aged sixty-five and up.
A claims-based frailty score split the group into four bands. Thirty-day quit rates ran 85 to 90 percent across bands. Sturdier patients quit fastest, at ninety percent. Fully adjusted, frailer bands quit less often at every level. The frailest faced a hazard ratio of 0.88 against quitting. Frailty, they argue, should flag who needs tapering help.
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| CREATOR | Kevin Pritchard, Chun-Ting Yang, Qiaoxi Chen, Yichi Zhang, James Wilkins, Dae Hyun Kim, Kueiyu Joshua Lin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |