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Government Mandated Consent Dramatically Reduces Pediatric Urologist Opioid Utilization for Outpatient and Minor Emergency Surgeries

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2020

Year

Jeffrey Villanueva, Valentina Grajales, Marc Colaco, Omar Ayyash, Rajeev Chaudhry, Francis X. Schneck, Glenn M. Cannon, Janelle Fox
The Journal of Urology

Abstract

A state mandated opioid consent for minors greatly reduced post-urological surgery opioid prescription rates without increasing rates of readmission or delayed prescriptions.