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Opioid prescribing trends and geographical variation in England, 1998–2018: a retrospective database study
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Background There is a call for greater monitoring of opioid prescribing in the UK, particularly of strong opioids in chronic pain, for which there is little evidence of clinical benefit. We aimed to comprehensively assess trends and variation in opioid prescribing in primary care in England, from 1998 to 2018, and to assess factors associated with high-dose opioid prescribing behaviour in general practices. Methods We did a retrospective database study using... Expand abstract
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30471-1
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NIHR School of Primary Care Research
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NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
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NHS England
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Lancet Psychiatry Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 140-150
- Publication date:
- 2018-12-20
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-11-25
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2215-0366
- Source identifiers:
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952219
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pubs:952219
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- pubs:952219
- Deposit date:
- 2018-12-13
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- Elsevier Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30471-1
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