Trends in Prevalent and Incident Opioid Receipt: an Observational Study in Veterans Health Administration 2004–2012

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 597-604

  Mosher, H J ^a,b   Krebs, E E ^c   Carrel, M ^a,d   Kaboli, P J ^a,b   Weg, M W Vander ^a,b,e   Lund, B C ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

incidence; opioids; prevalence; veterans

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG COST; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG COSTS; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84939962579     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3143-z     Document Type: Article

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