How Much Does It Cost a Specialist Palliative Care Unit to Manage Constipation in Patients Receiving Opioid Therapy?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 644-654

  Wee, Bee ^a,b,c   Adams, Astrid ^a,d   Thompson, Kate ^a   Percival, Fran ^e   Burslem, Kate ^f   Jobanputra, Minesh ^f  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Oxford Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^e PH ASSOCIATES   (United Kingdom)

^f Medical Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; laxative; opioid analgesic; palliative care; resource use

Indexed keywords

CODANTHRAMER; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; FENTANYL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL 3350; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; TRAMADOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77950870183     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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