Chronic pain, opioid prescriptions, and mortality in Denmark: A population-based cohort study

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2486-2490

  Ekholm, Ola ^a   Kurita, Geana Paula ^b   Højsted, Jette ^b   Juel, Knud ^a   Sjøgren, Per ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Hospitalization; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Opioids; Pain; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CHRONIC NONCANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922822995     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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