Journal article
The stigma of low opioid prescription in the hospitalized multimorbid elderly in Italy
Abstract
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of opioid prescriptions in hospitalized geriatric patients. Other aims were to evaluate factors associated with opioid prescription, and whether or not there was consistency between the presence of pain and prescription. Opioid prescriptions were gathered from the REgistro POliterapie Societa` Italiana di Medicina Interna (REPOSI) data for the years 2008, 2010 and 2012. 1,380 …
Authors
Marengoni A; Nobili A; Corli O; Djade CD; Bertoni D; Tettamanti M; Pasina L; Corrao S; Salerno F; Marcucci M
Journal
Internal and Emergency Medicine, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 305–313
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2015
DOI
10.1007/s11739-014-1131-2
ISSN
1828-0447