Trends in Routine Opioid Dispensing After Common Pediatric Surgeries in the United States: 2014–2019
Tori Sutherland, Hannah Wunsch, Craig Newcomb, Scott E. Hadland, Lakisha J. Gaskins, Mark D. Neuman
Abstract
Using Joinpoint regression, our study revealed substantial decreases in postoperative opioid dispensing after outpatient pediatric surgeries beginning in 2017.
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