Table 1.
Characteristics of cholecystectomy patients and their treating institutions, by opioid prescription fill status
| Variable | Overall (N=1277) |
No Opioid within 14 days (N=202) |
Opioid fill within 14 days (N=1075) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, median (Q1, Q3) | 16 (14, 17) | 16(13, 17) | 16(15, 17) | 0.02 |
| Race, n (%) | <.001 | |||
| White | 1094 (85.7) | 156(77.2) | 938(87.3) | |
| Black | 183 (14.3) | 46(22.8) | 137(12.7) | |
| Laparoscopic approach, n (%) | 1253 (98.1) | 190(94.1) | 1063(98.9) | <.001 |
| Postoperative length of stay (days) | 0 (0, 1) | 1(0, 2) | 0(0, 1) | <.001 |
| Sick cell disease, n (%) | 38 (3.0) | 12(5.9) | 26(2.4) | 0.007 |
| Urban/Rural Classification of Hospital County, n (%) | 0.07 | |||
| Large central metro | 398 (31.2) | 72(35.6) | 326(30.3) | |
| Large fringe metro | 93 (7.3) | 13(6.4) | 80(7.4) | |
| Medium metro | 372 (29.1) | 69(34.2) | 303(28.2) | |
| Small metro | 82 (6.4) | 12(5.9) | 70(6.5) | |
| Micropolitan | 299 (23.4) | 33(16.3) | 266(24.7) | |
| Noncore | 33 (2.6) | 3(1.5) | 30(2.8) | |
| Teaching Hospital, n (%) | 985 (77.1) | 166(82.2) | 819(76.2) | 0.06 |
| Children’s Hospital, n (%) | 456 (35.7) | 91(45.0) | 365(34.0) | 0.003 |