Comparison of average narcotic dosing and rate of opioid prescriptions at discharge
| Metric | Control (n=491) | Intervention (n=160) | P value | First 1/3 of intervention (n=55) | Last 1/3 of intervention (n=54) | P value first 1/3 vs last 1/3 (non-parametric) |
| Average number of doses per total | 9.68±11.71 | 2.61±6.11 | 0.0001 | 3.33±7.57 | 0.87±2.2 | 0.0241 |
| Count of patients prescribed narcotics at discharge (%) | 322 (65.6%) | 37 (23.1%) | 0.0001 | 15 (27.3%) | 8 (14.8%) | 0.111 |
*Continuous variables reported above with use of unpaired t-test for statistical analysis. Categorical variables used counts and percentages with the use of χ2 or Fisher’s exact tests to compare between groups. P values less than 0.05 were considered as statistical significance.