Table 2.
Cumulative incidence of all-cause and opioid-related ER visits and hospital admissions at 7 and 30 days post-dental visit
| Total N= 40,800 | PIMC N= 4,239 | No PIMC N= 36,561 | P-values | ||||
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| All-cause ER in 7 days | 204 | 0.5 | 25 | 0.6 | 179 | 0.5 | 0.381 |
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| All-cause ER in 30 days | 763 | 1.9 | 106 | 2.5 | 657 | 1.8 | 0.001 |
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| All-cause admission in 7 days | 74 | 0.2 | 14 | 0.3 | 60 | 0.2 | 0.016 |
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| All-cause admission in 30 days | 316 | 0.8 | 52 | 1.2 | 264 | 0.7 | <.001 |
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| All-cause ER or admission in 7 days | 250 | 0.6 | 36 | 0.8 | 214 | 0.6 | 0.037 |
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| All-cause ER or admission in 30 days | 947 | 2.3 | 141 | 3.3 | 806 | 2.2 | <.001 |
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| Opioid-related ER in 7 days | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.238 |
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| Opioid-related ER in 30 days | 50 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 | 45 | 0.1 | 0.928 |
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| Opioid-related admission in 7 days | 12 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.476 |
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| Opioid-related admission in 30 days | 47 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.3 | 36 | 0.1 | 0.003 |
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| Opioid-related ER or admission in 7 days | 24 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.741 |
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| Opioid-related ER or admission in 30 days | 93 | 0.2 | 15 | 0.4 | 78 | 0.2 | 0.069 |
Abbreviations: PIMC, potentially inappropriate medication combination; ER, emergency room.