Prescription opioid dispensing and prescription opioid poisoning: Population data from Victoria, Australia 2006 to 2013

Abstract Objective: To describe recent trends in opioid prescribing and prescription opioid poisoning resulting in hospitalisation or death in Victoria, Australia. Method: This is a population‐based ecological study of residents of Victoria, 2006 – 14. Australian Bureau of Statistics residential pop...

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Main Authors: Janneke Berecki‐Gisolf, Behrooz Hassani‐Mahmooei, Angela Clapperton, Roderick McClure
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-02-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12568