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Examining correlations between opioid dispensing and opioid-related hospitalizations in Canada, 2007–2016

BACKGROUND: High levels of opioid-related mortality, as well as morbidity, contribute to the excessive opioid-related disease burden in North America, induced by high availability of opioids. While correlations between opioid dispensing levels and mortality outcomes are well-established, fewer evide...

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Main Authors: Jones, Wayne, Kurdyak, Paul, Fischer, Benedikt
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32698815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05530-w