Table 4.
Days’ supply (number and percentage) of first opioid prescriptions written by each specialty
| Specialty | 0 to 1 Days, No. (%) | 2 to 3 Days, No. (%) | 4 to 7 Days, No. (%) | 8 to 10 Days, No. (%) | 11 to 14 Days, No. (%) | 15 to 30 Days, No. (%) | 31 to 90 Days, No. (%) | Total, No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 117,799 (4.1) | 1,177,786 (40.5) | 1,094,239 (37.6) | 227,205 (7.8) | 42,260 (1.5) | 237,776 (8.2) | 9,743 (0.3) | 2,906,808 |
| Addiction medicine | 7 (1.1) | 79 (12.6) | 332 (53.1) | 55 (8.8) | 12 (1.9) | 133 (21.3) | 7 (1.1) | 625 |
| Anesthesiology | 346 (1.3) | 5,856 (21.2) | 7,332 (26.6) | 1,118 (4.1) | 822 (3.0) | 11,869 (43.1) | 218 (0.8) | 27,561 |
| Dentistry | 14,824 (5.1) | 172,208 (59.5) | 99,917 (34.5) | 1,831 (0.6) | 118 (0.0) | 366 (0.1) | 15 (0.0) | 289,279 |
| Dermatology | 720 (7.9) | 5,336 (58.4) | 2,613 (28.6) | 255 (2.8) | 33 (0.4) | 167 (1.8) | 20 (0.2) | 9,144 |
| Emergency medicine | 36,856 (8.2) | 260,696 (57.9) | 140,109 (31.1) | 7,875 (1.8) | 780 (0.2) | 3,382 (0.8) | 166 (0.0) | 449,864 |
| Gynecology | 6,398 (4.2) | 63,591 (41.8) | 68,792 (45.2) | 10,066 (6.6) | 911 (0.6) | 2,249 (1.5) | 81 (0.1) | 152,088 |
| Hematology/oncology | 202 (1.8) | 1,362 (12.3) | 3,392 (30.8) | 2,171 (19.7) | 705 (6.4) | 3,121 (28.3) | 76 (0.7) | 11,029 |
| Internal medicine | 26,126 (3.2) | 242,750 (29.4) | 274,435 (33.3) | 101,290 (12.3) | 1,9474 (2.4) | 154,634 (18.8) | 5,948 (0.7) | 824,657 |
| Advanced practice provider | 6,350 (4.4) | 63,668 (44.5) | 45,805 (32.0) | 9,992 (7.0) | 2,433 (1.7) | 12,743 (8.9) | 2,034 (1.4) | 143,025 |
| Neurology | 52 (1.0) | 586 (11.3) | 1,101 (21.2) | 738 (14.2) | 224 (4.3) | 2,418 (46.5) | 76 (1.5) | 5,195 |
| Ophthalmology | 1,383 (9.5) | 8,557 (58.5) | 4,109 (28.1) | 275 (1.9) | 39 (0.3) | 243 (1.7) | 15 (0.1) | 14,621 |
| Orthopedics | 818 (0.7) | 20,046 (18.2) | 59,296 (54.0) | 18,036 (16.4) | 3,552 (3.2) | 7,983 (7.3) | 154 (0.1) | 109,885 |
| Other | 11,447 (3.4) | 152,622 (45.2) | 135,740 (40.2) | 21,790 (6.5) | 3,845 (1.1) | 11,504 (3.4) | 366 (0.1) | 337,314 |
| Pediatrics | 946 (3.9) | 11,023 (45.1) | 8,856 (36.3) | 1,449 (5.9) | 247 (1.0) | 1,848 (7.6) | 53 (0.2) | 24,422 |
| Physical medicine | 109 (0.6) | 1,368 (7.3) | 5,270 (27.9) | 3,635 (19.3) | 971 (5.1) | 7,417 (39.3) | 93 (0.5) | 18,863 |
| Psychiatry | 501 (4.7) | 5,920 (55.4) | 3,256 (30.5) | 349 (3.3) | 100 (0.9) | 528 (4.9) | 36 (0.3) | 10,690 |
| Radiology | 511 (4.9) | 4,484 (42.7) | 4,075 (38.8) | 516 (4.9) | 143 (1.4) | 738 (7.0) | 40 (0.4) | 10,507 |
| Specialty surgery | 10,203 (2.2) | 157,634 (33.7) | 229,809 (49.1) | 45,764 (9.8) | 7,851 (1.7) | 16,433 (3.5) | 345 (0.1) | 468,039 |