Comparison of methods to identify individuals prescribed opioid analgesics for pain.

Reem FarjoHsou-Mei HuJennifer F WaljeeMichael J EnglesbeChad M BrummettMark C Bicket

Published in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2024)

This analysis found that identifying opioid prescriptions using methods from CDC and OPEN were similar and superior to prespecified database-specific categories. Overall, this study shows the importance of carefully selecting the approach to identify opioid prescriptions when investigating claims data.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
minimally invasive
health insurance
machine learning
cell cycle
big data
cell proliferation
spinal cord
artificial intelligence
drug induced