Figure 1 – Predicted Probability of New Persistent Opioid Use by Quartile of Prescription Size Among Patients Prescribed Opioids at Discharge.
Prescription size quartiles are the median prescription size in equivalent tablets of oxycodone 5 mg for each quartile, rounded to the nearest whole number of pills. Median and interquartile range (IQR) for each quartile was: 1st quartile 7 (IQR 1) pills, 2nd quartile 8 (IQR 0) pills, 3rd quartile 12 (IQR 3) pills, 4th quartile 20 (IQR 7) pills.