Formulary availability and regulatory barriers to accessibility of opioids for cancer pain in Latin America and the Caribbean: A report from the Global Opioid Policy Initiative (GOPI)

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPLEMENT11, 2013, Pages

  Cleary, J ^a,b   De Lima, L ^c   Eisenchlas, J ^d   Radbruch, L ^e,f   Torode, J ^g   Cherny, N I ^h,i  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

^d Latin American Association for Palliative Care   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^f Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein Sieg Bonn   (Germany)

^g Union for International Cancer Control   (Switzerland)

^h SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ ESMO Palliative Care Working Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BELIZE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; COSTA RICA; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG USE; ECUADOR; EDUCATION; EL SALVADOR; GOVERNMENT; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEXICO; PANAMA; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARIBBEAN REGION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LICENSURE; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84889032194     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt502     Document Type: Article

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