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

Despite opioid analgesics being essential for pain relief, use has been inadequate in many countries. We aim to provide up-to-date worldwide, regional, and national data for changes in opioid analgesic use, and to analyse the relation of impediments to use of these medicines. We calculated defined d...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 387; no. 10028; pp. 1644 - 1656
Main Authors:	Berterame, Stefano, Erthal, Juliana, Thomas, Johny, Fellner, Sarah, Vosse, Benjamin, Clare, Philip, Hao, Wei, Johnson, David T, Mohar, Alejandro, Pavadia, Jagjit, Samak, Ahmed Kamal Eldin, Sipp, Werner, Sumyai, Viroj, Suryawati, Sri, Toufiq, Jallal, Yans, Raymond, Mattick, Richard P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 16.04.2016 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Analgesics Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage Analgesics, Opioid - supply & distribution Attitude of Health Personnel Drug Administration Schedule Drug dosages Drug Utilization - statistics & numerical data Drug Utilization - trends Global Health - statistics & numerical data Global Health - trends Health care access Health Care Surveys Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data Humans Internal Medicine International trade Longitudinal Studies Narcotics Neoplasms - drug therapy Neoplasms - epidemiology Pain management Pain Management - methods Pain Management - standards Pain Management - statistics & numerical data
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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