New opioid prescription claims and their clinical indications: results from health administrative data in Quebec, Canada, over 14 years

Conclusions New opioid prescription claims (incidence, dose and days’ supply) decreased slightly over the last 14 years among QPDIP enrollees, especially after 2016/2017. Non-surgical and non-cancer pain became less common as their clinical indication.

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Source: BMJ Open - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Attisso, E., Guenette, L., Dionne, C. E., Kröger, E., Dialahy, I., Tessier, S., Jean, S. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research