Using a morphine equivalence metric to quantify opioid consumption: Examining the capacity to provide effective treatment of debilitating pain at the global, regional, and country levels

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 681-700

  Gilson, Aaron M ^a   Maurer, Martha A ^a,b   Ryan, Karen M ^a,b   Rathouz, Paul J ^c   Cleary, James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption trends; developing countries; fentanyl; global opioid consumption; morphine; morphine equivalence; Opioids; U.N. regions

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASUREMENT; METRIC SYSTEM; MORPHINE EQUIVALENCE METRIC; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MORPHINE; PREVALENCE; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 84875733848     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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