Novel Measure of Opioid Dose and Costs of Care for Diabetes Mellitus: Opioid Dose and Health Care Costs
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- 作者：Santosh Gautam&lowast ; ; Luisa Franzini&lowast ; ; Osama I. Mikhail&lowast ; ; Wenyaw Chan&lowast ; ; Barbara J. Turner&dagger ; ; turner@uthscsa.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Diabetes mellitus ; narcotic ; opioid analgesic ; health care costs
- 刊名：The Journal of Pain
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：17
- 期：3
- 页码：319-327
- 全文大小：475 K
文摘
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In diabetes patients, total health care costs are significantly higher for opioid users.
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Costs per 6 months increased linearly with increasing daily and total opioid doses.
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A novel measure combining mean daily and total dose best discriminated higher costs.
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Total costs >$8,000 greater for 50–99 mg mean daily opioid dose and >900 mg total dose.
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Total costs also >$8,000 greater for ≥100 mg mean daily dose and >300 mg total dose.