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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joungyoun Kim, Sang-Jun Shin, Jihyun Yoon, Hyeong-Seop Kim, Jae-woo Lee, Ye-seul Kim, Yonghwan Kim, Hyo-Sun You, Hee-Taik Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2022-02-01
Series:Epidemiology and Health
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.e-epih.org/upload/pdf/epih-44-e2022029.pdf