Table 3.
Types of opioid medications prescribeda
| Short-term use |
COTa | Test (df) |
p- value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short-Acting Opioids | 1736 (98.2%) | 254 (93.0%) | χ2(1)=26.8 | < 0.001 |
| Hydrocodone | 1205 (68.2%) | 199 (72.9%) | ||
| Oxycodone | 465 (26.3%) | 101 (37.0%) | ||
| Codeine Sulfate | 291 (16.5%) | 24 (8.8%) | ||
| Hydromorphone | 19 (1.1%) | 7 (2.6%) | ||
| Morphine Sulfate | 17 (1.0%) | 13 (4.8%) | ||
| Long-Acting Opioids | 100 (5.7%) | 80 (29.3%) | χ2(1)=164.3 | < 0.001 |
| Methadone | 43 (2.4%) | 47 (17.2%) | ||
| Morphine Sulfate (long acting) | 55 (3.1%) | 45 (16.5%) | ||
| Fentanyl | 6 (0.3%) | 2 (0.7%) | ||
| Oxycodone (long-acting) | 1 (0.1%) | 0 |
Note.
a
Any prescription over the study year