From: Post-operative opioid pain management patterns for patients who receive hip surgery
Variable | Degrees of freedom | Group 1 short-term duration, higher total days’ supply N = 850 | Group 2 long-term duration, lower total days’ supply N = 369 | P-value |
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Total health care visits (post-op) | 1217 | 96.99 (68.26) | 76.99 (54.17) | <0.01 |
Total health care costs (post-op) | 1217 | $31,944.44 ($27,473.44) | $27,765.60 ($33,075.09) | 0.02 |
Total hip-related visits (post-op) | 1217 | 32.87 (28.90) | 25.12 (23.49) | <0.01 |
Total hip-related costs (post-op) | 1217 | $16,888.09 ($15,522.37) | $14,153.19 ($18,670.25) | 0.02 |
Total days’ supply of all pain-related medications | 1217 | 1148.00 (1138.01) | 885.34 (927.60) | <0.01 |
Cost of pain meds (post-op) | 1217 | $859.30 ($3682.92) | $680.55 ($3853.24) | 0.44 |