Key result
Postoperative opioid dispensing after outpatient pediatric surgeries drops substantially starting in 2017.
There has been a substantial decrease in routine opioid dispensing following common pediatric outpatient surgeries in the US since 2017.
Decreased dispensing may reflect stewardship gains in pediatrics; leaves open effects on pain control and outcomes.
Using Joinpoint regression, our study revealed substantial decreases in postoperative opioid dispensing after outpatient pediatric surgeries beginning in 2017.
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Sutherland et al. (2022) studied this question. Postoperative opioid dispensing after outpatient pediatric surgeries substantially decreased beginning in 2017.
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