Post-operative Opioid, Benzodiazepine and Sedative Usage in Medicare versus Commercial Insurance Hand Surgery Patients

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Lutsky Kevin F.; Hozack Bryan; Lucenti Ludovico; Kwok Moody; Beredjiklian Pedro

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Journal: Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery Year:2021 | Volume:9 | Issue:3 Page(s): 319-322

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Post-operative Opioid, Benzodiazepine and Sedative Usage in Medicare versus Commercial Insurance Hand Surgery Patients

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Benzodiazepine usage

Elderly patients

Opioid usage

Sedative usage

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Background: Opioid usage has increased in recent years. The purpose of this study is to assess post-operative opioid, sedative, and Benzodiazepine usage in a Medicare population. Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing elbow, wrist, and hand surgery by hand surgeons at one academic outpatient surgical center were prospectively enrolled. Patients were excluded if they were minors or if they underwent more than one surgical procedure during the study period. There were 269 patients enrolled, and this group was divided by insurance type into younger commercial insurance (CI) and older Medicare (MC) groups. The Pennsylvania Physician Drug Monitoring Program website was used to document all prescriptions of controlled substances filled six months prior to and after the surgical procedure. Results: The mean age in the CI group was 45. 8 years (range: 16-88) and 69. 2 years (range: 43-91) in the MC group. Postoperatively, the CI patients filled significantly less opioid prescriptions than the MC group, 1. 10 vs. 1. 79. Patients in the CI group were given an average of 0. 3 benzodiazepine prescriptions before surgery and 0. 2 after surgery. Patients in the MC group were given 0. 6 prescriptions before and 0. 5 prescriptions of benzodiazepines after surgery. The CI group was given an average of 0. 1 sedative/hypnotic prescriptions before surgery and 0. 1 after surgery. The MC group was given 0. 7 prescriptions before and 0. 4 prescriptions of sedative/hypnotics after surgery. There were 0. 17 prescriptions per patient in the CI group and 0. 75 per patient in the MC group (P <. 05). Twenty-two of 208 (10. 6%) of CI and 16/61 (26. 2%) of MC patients filled a prescription between 3-8 months post-operatively. Conclusion: Prolonged use of opioid, benzodiazepine and sedative medications is common after upper extremity surgical procedures. Older patients are also at risk, and may be even more likely than younger patients to use these medications post-operatively.

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Lutsky, Kevin F., Hozack, Bryan, Lucenti, Ludovico, Kwok, Moody, & Beredjiklian, Pedro. (2021). Post-operative Opioid, Benzodiazepine and Sedative Usage in Medicare versus Commercial Insurance Hand Surgery Patients. THE ARCHIVES OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY, 9(3), 319-322. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/684580/en

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Lutsky Kevin F., Hozack Bryan, Lucenti Ludovico, Kwok Moody, Beredjiklian Pedro. Post-operative Opioid, Benzodiazepine and Sedative Usage in Medicare versus Commercial Insurance Hand Surgery Patients. THE ARCHIVES OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY[Internet]. 2021;9(3):319-322. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/684580/en

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Kevin F. Lutsky, Bryan Hozack, Ludovico Lucenti, Moody Kwok, and Pedro Beredjiklian, “Post-operative Opioid, Benzodiazepine and Sedative Usage in Medicare versus Commercial Insurance Hand Surgery Patients,” THE ARCHIVES OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 319–322, 2021, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/684580/en

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