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Table 3 Change in Opioid User Status based on Community Dispensing of Opioids

From: Opioid prescribing practices prior to elective foot and ankle surgery: a population-based evaluation using health administrative data from a tertiary hospital in Canada

Postoperative Classification

Preoperative Classification

No Opioid Use

(n = 55)

Intermittent Opioid Users

(n = 26)

Long-term Opioid Users

(n = 19)

No Post Discharge Opioid Use, n (%)

12 (21.8)

1 (3.8)

0

Intermittent Opioid Use, n (%)

43 (78.2)

23 (88.5)

6 (31.6)

Long-term opioid Use, n (%)

0

2 (7.7)

13 (68.4)