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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Value Health. 2019 Nov 22;23(2):157–163. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2019.09.2748

Table 5.

Changes in average morphine equivalent daily dose among patients on chronic opioid therapy during both the pre-index and post-index period (N=14221)

Pre-index Post-index P-Value
MEDD, no. (%) 0.116
 < 50 11,073 (77.9) 11,207 (78.8)
 50–89 1,697 (11.9) 1,654 (11.6)
 ≥ 90 1,451 (10.2) 1,360 (9.6)
MEDD, mean (SE) 79.8 (2.0) 80.1 (2.0) 0.653