Dissociation Between the Growing Opioid Demands and Drug Policy Directions Among the U.S. Older Adults with Degenerative Joint Diseases

Authors

Pearl Kim PhD, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Takashi Yamashita PhD, MPH, MA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jay J. Shen PhD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Seong-Min Park PhD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Sung-Youn Chun PhD, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Sun Jung Kim PhD, MHSA, Soonchunhyang University
Jinwook Hwang MD, PhD, Korea University College of Medicine
Se Won Lee MD, Mountain View Hospital
Georgia Dounis DDS, MS, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Hee-Taik Kang MD, PhD, Chungbuk National University
Yong-Jae Lee MD, PhD, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Dong-Hun Han DDS, PhD, Seoul National University
Ji Eun Kim PhD, Ajou University School of Medicie
Hyeyoung Yeom MD, Mountain View Hospital
David Byun DO, Southern Nevada Veterans Affairs Health System
Tsigab Bahta MD, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ji Won Yoo MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2019

Publication Title

Medicine

Publisher

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Volume

98

Issue

28

First page number:

1

Last page number:

4

Abstract

We aim to examine temporal trends of orthopedic operations and opioid-related hospital stays among seniors in the nation and states of Oregon and Washington where marijuana legalization was accepted earlier than any others. As aging society advances in the United States (U.S.), orthopedic operations and opioid-related hospital stays among seniors increase in the nation. A serial cross-sectional cohort study using the healthcare cost and utilization project fast stats from 2006 through 2015 measured annual rate per 100,000 populations of orthopedic operations by age groups (45–64 vs 65 and older) as well as annual rate per 100,000 populations of opioid-related hospital stays among 65 and older in the nation, Oregon and Washington states from 2008 through 2017. Orthopedic operations (knee arthroplasty, total or partial hip replacement, spinal fusion or laminectomy) and opioid-related hospital stays were measured. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) was used to quantify temporal trends of orthopedic operations by age groups as well as opioid-related hospital stays and was tested by Rao–Scott correction of χ2 for categorical variables. The CAGR (4.06%) of orthopedic operations among age 65 and older increased (P...) (See full abstract in article)

Keywords

Drug policy; Marijuana; Opioid; Orthopedic surgeries

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice | Health Policy | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Health

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311 KB

Language

English

Creative Commons License

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Repository Citation

Kim, P., Yamashita, T., Shen, J. J., Park, S., Chun, S., Kim, S. J., Hwang, J., Lee, S. W., Dounis, G., Kang, H., Lee, Y., Han, D., Kim, J. E., Yeom, H., Byun, D., Bahta, T., Yoo, J. W. (2019). Dissociation Between the Growing Opioid Demands and Drug Policy Directions Among the U.S. Older Adults with Degenerative Joint Diseases. Medicine, 98(28), 1-4. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000016169