Prevalence of pain medication prescriptions in France, Germany, and the UK - a cross-sectional study including 4,270,142 patients

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 32-36

  Jacob, Louis ^a   Kostev, Karel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

France; Germany; Pain medication; prevalence; the UK

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031824958     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2018.1391658     Document Type: Article

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