Utility of accumulated opioid supply days and individual patient factors in predicting probability of transitioning to long‐term opioid use: An observational study in the Veterans Health Administration

• Main Authors: Katherine Hadlandsmyth (Author), Hilary J. Mosher (Author), Mark W. Vander Weg (Author), Amy M. O'Shea (Author), Kimberly D. McCoy (Author), Brian C. Lund (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Initial supply days dispensed to new users is strongly predictive of future long‐term opioid use (LTO). The objective was to examine whether a model integrating additional clinical variables conferred meaningful improvement in predicting LTO, beyond a simple approach using only accumulated...