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Participants were all patients who underwent surgery from August 1, 2018, to July 31, 2019.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Main outcomes were the rate of compliance with the ROPP in each surgical service, the mean number of prescription days and refill requests, type of opioid prescribed, and rate of conversion to chronic opioid use determined via a state-run opioid prescription program. Postsurgical complications were also measured.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>A total of 4068 patients (mean [SD] age, 61.0 [13.8] years; 2528 women [62.1%]) were included, with 2017 in the pre-ROPP group (August 1, 2018, to January 31, 2019) and 2051 in the post-ROPP group (February 1, 2019, to July 31, 2019). The rate of compliance with the protocol was 95%. After implementation of the ROPP, mean opioid prescription days decreased from a mean (SD) of 3.9 (4.5) days in the pre-ROPP group to 1.9 (3.6) days in the post-ROPP group (P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). The ROPP implementation led to a 45% decrease in prescribed opioids after surgery (mean [SD], 157.22 [338.06] mean morphine milligram equivalents [MME] before ROPP vs 83.54 [395.70] MME after ROPP; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). Patients in the post-ROPP cohort requested fewer refills (367 of 2051 [17.9%] vs 422 of 2017 [20.9%] in the pre-ROPP cohort; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02). There was no statistically significant difference in surgical complications. The conversion rate to chronic opioid use decreased following ROPP implementation among both opioid-naive patients with cancer (11.3% [143 of 1267] to 4.5% [118 of 2645]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and those without cancer (6.1% [19 of 310] to 2.7% [16 of 600]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this cohort study, prescribing an opioid supply of 3 or fewer days to surgical patients after hospital discharge was feasible for most patients, led to a significant decrease in the number of opioids prescribed after surgery, and was associated with a significantly decreased conversion to long-term opioid use without concomitant increases in refill requests or significant compromises in surgical 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