Long-Term Opioid-Use Patients With Risky Opioid Prescriptions or Opioid Harms in Each Continuity of Care Index Quartile
| Characteristic | Total | Continuity of Care Indexa | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | |||
| Quartile index score, range | 0.005-1.00 | 0.005-0.411 | 0.412-0.639 | 0.640-0.855 | 0.856–1.000 | |
| Number of patients | 78,056 | 19,510 | 19,518 | 19,471 | 19,557 | |
| High-dose opioid, No. (%) | 29,063 (37.2) | 7,944 (40.7) | 7,194 (36.9) | 6,958 (35.7) | 6,967 (35.6) | <.0001 |
| Opioid-benzodiazepine overlap, No. (%) | 43,884 (56.2) | 12,364 (63.4) | 11,154 (57.2) | 10,572 (54.3) | 9,794 (50.1) | <.0001 |
| Long-acting opioid, No. (%) | 36,149 (46.6) | 10,549 (54.1) | 9,242 (47.4) | 8,529 (43.8) | 7,829 (40.0) | <.0001 |
| Using ≥4 opioid prescribers, No. (%) | 23,488 (30.1) | 12,799 (65.6) | 7,049 (36.1) | 3,436 (17.7) | 204 (1.0) | <.0001 |
| Inappropriate opioid prescription, No. (%) | 19,395 (24.9) | 8,246 (42.3) | 5,322 (27.3) | 4,258 (21.9) | 1,569 (8.0) | <.0001 |
| Any opioid hospitalization, No. (%) | 3,034 (3.9) | 1,122 (5.8) | 835 (4.3) | 674 (3.5) | 403 (2.1) | <.0001 |
| Opioid overdose death, No. (%) | 22 (0.0) | 6 (0.0) | 6 (0.0) | 6 (0.0) | 4 (0.0) | .2828 |
↵a Quartiles divided into lowest continuity (Q1) to highest continuity (Q4) index scores.