Association between opioid prescribing patterns and opioid overdose-related deaths

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1315-1321

  Bohnert, Amy S B ^a,b   Valenstein, Marcia ^a,b   Bair, Matthew J ^c,d   Ganoczy, Dara ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Ilgen, Mark A ^a,b   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953748230     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.370     Document Type: Article

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