@article{ref1,
title="Changes in opioid prescription duration for musculoskeletal injury associated with the STOP Act",
journal="Pain medicine",
year="2023",
author="Wally, Meghan K. and Thompson, Michael E. and Odum, Susan and Kazemi, Donna M. and Hsu, Joseph R. and Seymour, Rachel B.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To assess whether implementation of the Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP) Act was associated with an increase in the percent of opioid prescriptions written for 7 days or less among patients with acute or post-surgical musculoskeletal conditions. <br><br>DESIGN: An interrupted time series study was conducted to determine the change in duration of opioid prescriptions associated with the STOP Act. SETTING: Data were extracted from the electronic health record of a large healthcare system in North Carolina. SUBJECTS: Patients presenting from 2016-2020 with an acute musculoskeletal injury and the clinicians treating them were included in an interrupted time series study (n = 12,839). <br><br>METHODS: Trends were assessed over time, including the change in trend associated with implementation of the STOP Act, for the percentage of prescriptions written for seven days or less. <br><br>RESULTS: Among patients with acute musculoskeletal injury, less than 30% of prescriptions were written for 7 days or less in January of 2016; by December of 2020, almost 90% of prescriptions were written for 7 days or less. Prescriptions written for ≤ 7 days increased 17.7% after STOP Act was implemented (p < 0.001), after adjusting for the existing trend. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate significant potential for legislation to influence opioid prescribing behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1526-2375",
doi="10.1093/pm/pnad036",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnad036"
}