Postoperative opioid dispensing after outpatient pediatric surgeries substantially decreased beginning in 2017.
There has been a substantial decrease in routine opioid dispensing following common pediatric outpatient surgeries in the US since 2017.
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Using Joinpoint regression, our study revealed substantial decreases in postoperative opioid dispensing after outpatient pediatric surgeries beginning in 2017.
Sutherland et al. (Mon,) reported a other. Postoperative opioid dispensing after outpatient pediatric surgeries substantially decreased beginning in 2017.