Adverse selection? A multi-dimensional profile of people dispensed opioid analgesics for persistent non-cancer pain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Rogers, Kris D ^a,b   Kemp, Anna ^c   McLachlan, Andrew J ^d,e   Blyth, Fiona ^a,b,e  

^a SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PERSISTENT NON CANCER PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUSTRALIA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84891599446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080095     Document Type: Article

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