Table 2.
Prevalence of high-risk prescribing patterns among opioid prescriptions from all surgeons, high-volume surgeons, and other surgeons
| Metric | All prescriptions | Prescriptions from high-volume surgeons |
Prescriptions from other surgeons |
|---|---|---|---|
| N=15,493,018 | N=5,184,378 | N=10,308,640 | |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
| Days supplied >7 days | 3,341,945 (21.6) | 1,946,664 (37.6) | 1,395,281 (13.5) |
| Daily OME ≥ 50 | 3,402,345 (22.0) | 1,357,615 (26.2) | 2,044,730 (19.8) |
| Overlap with a benzodiazepine prescription for ≥ 1 day | 1,671,292 (10.8) | 627,309 (12.1) | 1,043,983 (10.1) |
| Extended-release/long-acting opioids | 145,819 (0.9) | 94,382 (1.8) | 51,437 (0.5) |
| Any of the above | 7,036,481 (45.4) | 3,112,373 (60.0) | 3,924,108 (38.1) |