Comparative mortality among Department of Veterans Affairs patients prescribed methadone or long-acting morphine for chronic pain

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1789-1795

  Krebs, Erin E ^a,b,c   Becker, William C ^d   Zerzan, Judy ^e   Bair, Matthew J ^a,b,c   McCoy, Kimberly ^f   Hui, Siu ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Methadone; Morphine; Mortality; Opioid analgesics

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79960440685     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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