Recent trends in opioid prescriptions in Korea from 2002 to 2015 based on the Korean NHIS-NSC cohort
OBJECTIVES Opioids are prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain. We investigated recent trends in opioid (morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, and hydromorphone) prescriptions using data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort between 2002 and 2015. METHODS The morphine...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Epidemiology
2022-02-01
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Series: | Epidemiology and Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.e-epih.org/upload/pdf/epih-44-e2022029.pdf |