Weekly News Wire | December 10, 2021
17% Of People With Cirrhosis Were Prescribed Opioids During Outpatient Clinic Visits
About 17% of people in the United States diagnosed with cirrhosis were prescribed an opioid during outpatient visits from 2006 to 2016. During this period, consumers diagnosed with cirrhosis made 10.1 million ambulatory care visits.
About 53% the visits were with gastroenterologists, including hepatologists, and 41% were with primary care physicians (PCPs). Of the visits that included an opioid prescription, 68% were with a PCP and 29% were with a gastroenterologist. About 91% of the opioid prescriptions were a renewal, rather than a new prescription.
There was a documented pain diagnosis in 41% of the visits in which an . . .
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