Association Between Concurrent Use of Benzodiazepines and Opioids and Health Care Utilization Among Patients With Cancer in Puerto Rico

Association Between Concurrent Use of Benzodiazepines and Opioids and Health Care Utilization Among Patients With Cancer in Puerto Rico

PURPOSETo evaluate the association between concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepines (BZDs) and emergency room (ER) visits and hospital admissions in patients with cancer.METHODSData were obtained from the Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry-Health Insurance Linkage. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% C...

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Main Authors: Wilmarie Fuentes Payán, Keyla González Lorenzo, Frankie Gelabert Martínez, Nelly Conte Schmidt, Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, María R. Ramos-Fernández, Axel Gierbolini-Bérmudez, Kyle Melin, Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2023-09-01
Series:JCO Global Oncology
Online Access:https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO.23.00008

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