Reducing opioid prescriptions does not increase rate of refills or new opioid requests: evidence from a randomized trial
These results support that guideline-based prescribing interventions can safely reduce opioid exposure without compromising patient pain-control and highlight important policy implications for surgical opioid stewardship.
Authors
- Katherine E. Watkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7573-5292)
- Satish Mudiganti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2776-8952)
- Xiaowei Yan
- Meghan Martinez
Institutions
- Sutter Health (US)
- RAND Corporation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Affairs Scholar
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxag001
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00