Community Opioid Dispensing after Injury (CODI) II
Project Team
- Professor Cate Cameron
- Dr Bill Loveday
- Ms Jace Warren
- Professor Rania Shibl
- Dr Susanna Cramb
- Ms Melanie Proper
- Associate Professor Silvia Manzanero
- Dr Frances Williamson
- Dr Clifford Afoakwah
- Ms Samantha Borg
- Mr Neil Jaques
Community Opioid Dispensing after Injury (CODI) was the first study to link Queensland opioid monitoring data with hospital data to understand opioid dispensing patterns in the two years following traumatic injury. The study included patients injured between 2014-2015 (CODI) and followed their opioid dispensing up to 2017. As most opioid regulations and stewardship initiatives were introduced from 2018 onwards, this study provides a statewide baseline of opioid dispensing prior to these policy changes. In late 2021, the system was replaced by QScript, Queensland’s part of a national real-time prescription monitoring system for prescribers and dispensers. By examining a new cohort of injured patients, from 2022-2025 (CODI-II), we can compare opioid prescription patterns before and after the introduction of regulatory changes and stewardship initiatives. This will help us to better understand opioid use following injury, impacts of stewardship and inform targeted interventions to improve outcomes for injured patients.
The ongoing repercussions of significant trauma have compelling and diverse impacts across a spectrum of a person’s life, their Career, Family, Friendships, Recreation activities, long term health, self-worth and ultimately their worldview can all be impacted. Not to mention the financial costs to a Family, Community and to Government. Studies like CODI 2 work to resolve and lessen these impacts, and any study is only as good as its source material hence the inclusion of Consumers who have lived these repercussions including and just as importantly the flow-ons beyond the original Trauma.
I think making sure that the people that help solve this problem are people experiencing the pain themselves…as well as the researchers and the specialists and the clinicians…I can’t say what [that pain] is like so I shouldn’t make assumptions of what is required and how people want to have their information and the care delivered…
