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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2019 Jun 18;171(2):81–90. doi: 10.7326/M18-2864

Appendix Table 2.

Sensitivity Analysis of Association Between Any Inpatient Opioid Use and Outpatient Opioid Use, Death, and Readmission at 90 and 365 Days After Discharge, With Hospital 1 Excluded

Outcome No Inpatient Opioid Use Inpatient Opioid Use Difference (95% CI), percentage points
90 d
 Outpatient Opioid Use 3.3 (3.1 to 3.4) 6.3 (6.1 to 6.5) 3.0 (2.8 to 3.2)
 No outpatient opioid use/death/readmission 70.9 (70.6 to 71.3) 68.8 (68.4 to 69.2) −2.1 (−2.5 to −1.7)
 Death 0.4 (0.4 to 0.5) 0.5 (0.5 to 0.6) 0.1 (0.1 to 0.2)
 Readmission 25.4 (25.0 to 25.7) 24.4 (24.1 to 24.8) −1.0 (−1.4 to −0.6)
365 d
 Outpatient opioid use 4.7 (4.5 to 4.8) 8.0 (7.8 to 8.3) 3.4 (3.1 to 3.6)
 No outpatient opioid use/death/readmission 48.8 (48.4 to 49.2) 48.1 (47.6 to 48.5) −0.7 (−1.2 to −0.3)
 Death 1.3 (1.2 to 1.4) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.3) −0.1 (−0.2 to 0.0)
 Readmission 45.2 (44.8 to 45.6) 42.7 (42.2 to 43.1) −2.5 (−3.0 to −2.1)