Use of and barriers to access to opioid analgesics: A worldwide, regional, and national study

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10028, 2016, Pages 1644-1656

  Berterame, Stefano ^a   Erthal, Juliana ^a   Thomas, Johny ^a   Fellner, Sarah ^a   Vosse, Benjamin ^a   Clare, Philip ^b   Hao, Wei ^a,c   Johnson, David T ^a   Mohar, Alejandro ^a,d   Pavadia, Jagjit ^a   Samak, Ahmed Kamal Eldin ^a   Sipp, Werner ^a   Sumyai, Viroj ^a,e   Suryawati, Sri ^a,f   Toufiq, Jallal ^a,g,h   Yans, Raymond ^a   Mattick, Richard P ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^g MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^h Hôpital Universitaire Psychiatrique Arrazi de Salé   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FEAR; FEAR OF DIVERSION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE; ANALGESIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG UTILIZATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84956674345     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00161-6     Document Type: Article

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