Journal article
Opioid Prescription After Pain Assessment: A Population-Based Cohort of Elderly Patients With Cancer
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to measure opioid prescription (OP) rates in elderly cancer outpatients around the time of assessment for pain and to evaluate factors associated with receiving OPs for those with severe pain.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: The cross-sectional cohort includes all patients with cancer in Ontario older than age 65 years who completed a pain assessment as part of a provincial initiative of systematic symptom …
Authors
Barbera L; Seow H; Husain A; Howell D; Atzema C; Sutradhar R; Earle C; Sussman J; Liu Y; Dudgeon D
Journal
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 30, No. 10, pp. 1095–1099
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Publication Date
April 1, 2012
DOI
10.1200/jco.2011.37.3068
ISSN
0732-183X