Opioid prescribing and social deprivation: A retrospective analysis of prescribing for CNCP in Liverpool CCG

BACKGROUND: Treating Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (CNCP) with long-term, high dose and more potent opioids puts patients at increased risk of harm, whilst providing limited pain relief. Socially deprived areas mapped from Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores show higher rates of high dose, strong o...

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Autores principales: Begley, Emma K., Poole, Helen M., Sumnall, Harry R., Frank, Bernhard F., Montgomery, Catharine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9994720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36888607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280958

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