ArticleAnnals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches2025
Association Between Opioid Use Disorder and Healthcare Spending and Utilization in Emergency Surgical Patients: A Retrospective Analysis Using Commercial Claims.
Article in Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Opioid Intake and Quality of Life After Hospital Discharge From Major Surgery: A Health Economic Evaluation.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2026Observational
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Abstract
Objective: To estimate the association between opioid use disorder (OUD) and healthcare spending and utilization in emergency surgical patients, and to evaluate whether the use of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) modifies this relationship. Background: Surgical patients with OUD are susceptible to challenging postoperative pain management and relapse. Their healthcare spending and utilization estimates may justify perioperative system optimization efforts. Methods: We identified 142,726 patients who underwent 1 of 14 surgeries between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2021. We then estimated the association between OUD and primary outcomes (spending during the surgical admission and in the 1-90 days postdischarge) and secondary outcomes (measures of healthcare utilization). We further evaluated whether the use of OAT modified the relationship between OUD and outcomes. Results: Those with Conclusions: Emergency surgical patients with OUD had higher healthcare spending and utilization following discharge compared to those without OUD, implying an elevated risk of complications. Optimizing preoperative use of OAT may facilitate perioperative optimization and cost savings.
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