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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacotherapy. 2020 Sep 2;40(10):992–1001. doi: 10.1002/phar.2452

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
n (%) n (%) n (%)

All-cause ER in 7 days 204 0.5 25 0.6 179 0.5 0.381

All-cause ER in 30 days 763 1.9 106 2.5 657 1.8 0.001

All-cause admission in 7 days 74 0.2 14 0.3 60 0.2 0.016

All-cause admission in 30 days 316 0.8 52 1.2 264 0.7 <.001

All-cause ER or admission in 7 days 250 0.6 36 0.8 214 0.6 0.037

All-cause ER or admission in 30 days 947 2.3 141 3.3 806 2.2 <.001

Opioid-related ER in 7 days 12 0.0 0 0.0 12 0.0 0.238

Opioid-related ER in 30 days 50 0.1 5 0.1 45 0.1 0.928

Opioid-related admission in 7 days 12 0.0 2 0.0 10 0.0 0.476

Opioid-related admission in 30 days 47 0.1 11 0.3 36 0.1 0.003

Opioid-related ER or admission in 7 days 24 0.1 2 0.0 22 0.1 0.741

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.