Table 1.

Characteristics of patients on chronic opioid therapy and guideline adherence before and after intervention

	Pre-intervention	Postintervention	p-Value
Number of patients on chronic opioid therapy	519	480	N/A
Percentage of patients on chronic opioid therapy	1.6 percent	1.3 percent	0.01
Average number of patients on chronic opioid therapy per attending PCP (standard deviation)	14.2 (12.8)	13.1 (12.0)	0.72
Average number of patient visits per year for patients on chronic opioid therapy (standard deviation)	4.1 (3.6)	6.0 (4.1)	<0.0001
Percentage of patients on chronic opioid therapy with no visit in the past year	9 percent	0.2 percent	<0.0001
Percentage of patients on chronic opioid therapy with a signed controlled substance agreement in past year	46 percent	76 percent	<0.0001
Percentage of patients on chronic opioid therapy with no controlled substance agreement on file ever	13 percent	3 percent	<0.0001
Percentage of patients with UDS in the past year	52 percent	93 percent	<0.0001
Percentage of patients with UDS in the past 6 months	29 percent	73 percent	<0.0001
Percentage of patients checked by clinician using the state PMPs in past year	45 percent	97 percent	<0.0001
Percentage of patients checked by clinician using the state PMP in last 60 days	38 percent	63 percent	<0.0001
Percentage of patients on ≥ 90 MME per day	32 percent	29 percent	0.37

Abbreviations: MME, morphine milligram equivalent; N/A, not applicable; PCP, primary care physician; PMP, prescription monitoring program; UDS, urine drug screen.