Cancer patients' share in a population's use of opioids. A linkage study between a prescription database and the Danish Cancer Registry

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Cancer patients' share in a population's use of opioids. A linkage study between a prescription database and the Danish Cancer Registry. / Jarlbaek, Lene; Andersen, Morten; Kragstrup, Jakob; Hallas, Jesper.

In: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 27, No. 1, 01.2004, p. 36-43.

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Jarlbaek, L, Andersen, M, Kragstrup, J & Hallas, J 2004, 'Cancer patients' share in a population's use of opioids. A linkage study between a prescription database and the Danish Cancer Registry', Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.05.002

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Jarlbaek, L., Andersen, M., Kragstrup, J., & Hallas, J. (2004). Cancer patients' share in a population's use of opioids. A linkage study between a prescription database and the Danish Cancer Registry. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 27(1), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.05.002

Vancouver

Jarlbaek L, Andersen M, Kragstrup J, Hallas J. Cancer patients' share in a population's use of opioids. A linkage study between a prescription database and the Danish Cancer Registry. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2004 Jan;27(1):36-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2003.05.002

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Jarlbaek, Lene ; Andersen, Morten ; Kragstrup, Jakob ; Hallas, Jesper. / Cancer patients' share in a population's use of opioids. A linkage study between a prescription database and the Danish Cancer Registry. In: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2004 ; Vol. 27, No. 1. pp. 36-43.

Bibtex

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abstract = "The aim of this study was to 1) assess cancer patients' share in a population's use of opioids and how much it influences the total use, and 2) analyze trends in the population's use of {"}weak{"} and {"}strong{"} opioids during a five-year period. Person-identifiable data on opioid prescriptions and cancer diagnoses from a Danish county (n approximately 470,000) were retrieved from a prescription database, OPED, and The Danish Cancer Registry from 1993-1997 (identifying 23,843 cancer patients). In a given year, 14% of the population's opioid users were cancer patients, and they received 23% of the total opioid consumption. Over time, the number of patients using weak opioids increased and the number using strong opioids decreased among both cancer patients and non-cancer patients. Cancer patients' consumption of strong opioids increased dramatically in 1996-1997, almost accounting for the entire increase in the whole population's consumption of strong opioids.",
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AB - The aim of this study was to 1) assess cancer patients' share in a population's use of opioids and how much it influences the total use, and 2) analyze trends in the population's use of "weak" and "strong" opioids during a five-year period. Person-identifiable data on opioid prescriptions and cancer diagnoses from a Danish county (n approximately 470,000) were retrieved from a prescription database, OPED, and The Danish Cancer Registry from 1993-1997 (identifying 23,843 cancer patients). In a given year, 14% of the population's opioid users were cancer patients, and they received 23% of the total opioid consumption. Over time, the number of patients using weak opioids increased and the number using strong opioids decreased among both cancer patients and non-cancer patients. Cancer patients' consumption of strong opioids increased dramatically in 1996-1997, almost accounting for the entire increase in the whole population's consumption of strong opioids.

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KW - Neoplasms/epidemiology

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