Health care resource use and costs in opioid-treated patients with and without constipation in Brazil

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Takemoto, Maira L S ^a   Fernandes, R A ^a   Almeida, G R ^b   Monteiro, R D C ^b   Colombini Neto, M ^c   Bertola Neto, A ^c  

^a ANOVA Knowledge Translation Consulting Group   (Brazil)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c AxisMed Gesto Preventiva da Sade   (Brazil)

Author keywords

analgesics; constipation; costs and cost analysis; drug toxicity; opioid

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONSTIPATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH CARE COST; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CONSTIPATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052607893     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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