This measure assesses the number of inpatient hospitalisations for patients age 18 and older who have been administered an opioid medication outside of the operating room and are subsequently administered a non-enteral opioid antagonist outside of the operating room within 12 hours, an indication of an opioid-related adverse event.

Inpatient hospitalisations where a non-enteral opioid antagonist administration starts during the hospitalisation outside of the operating room and 12 hours or less following an opioid medication administered outside of the operating room.

Inpatient hospitalisations that end during the measurement period for patients age 18 and older and at least one opioid medication administration starts during the hospitalisation outside of the operating room.

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Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program

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