Table 1 Demographic factors and inpatient opioid usage for all patients prescribed narcotics following cesarean delivery stratified by race

Age at delivery

(median (IQR))

30 (26–33)

32 (28–35)

0.0001*

Insurance Type

 Private Insurance

49%

85%

 < 0.0001*

 Public Insurance

48%

15%

 Other

2%

0%

Maternal BMI

(median (IQR))

34.5 (27.9–41.0)

31.6 (26.2–37.5)

0.02*

Day of discharge

(n (%))

 PPD 3 or less

46%

45%

0.12

 PPD 4

38%

50%

 PPD 5 or more

10%

5%

Number of inpatient tablets (n (%))

 0

11%

20%

0.074

 1–6

31%

34%

 7–12

29%

29%

 13 + 

29%

17%

Discharge opioid prescribing provider (n (%))

 Intern

61%

55%

0.6

 Resident

28%

30%

 Attending

11%

15%