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Relation between opioid consumption and inclusion of opioids in 137 national essential medicines lists
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Introduction Opioids are deemed essential medicines by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, many countries have inadequate access to them. Whether including opioids in national essential medicines lists (EMLs) influences national opioid consumption has not been evaluated.
Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine whether the listing of opioids in national EMLs was associated with consumption. We quantified the numbers and t...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Global Health Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 11
- Article number:
- e003563
- Publication date:
- 2020-11-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-10-06
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- EISSN:
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2059-7908
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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1136331
- Local pid:
- pubs:1136331
- Deposit date:
- 2020-10-07
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- Copyright holder:
- Richards, GC et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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- © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
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