Increased risk of adverse events in non-cancer patients with chronic and high-dose opioid use—A health insurance claims analysis

Background Chronic and high dose opioid use may result in adverse events. We analyzed the risk associated with chronic and high dose opioid prescription in a Swiss population. Methods Using insurance claims data covering one-sixth of the Swiss population, we analyzed recurrent opioid prescriptions (...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Jakob M. Burgstaller, Ulrike Held, Andri Signorell, Eva Blozik, Johann Steurer, Maria M. Wertli, Vijayaprakash Suppiah
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Serie:PLoS ONE
Länkar:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489518/?tool=EBI