Clustering of opioid prescribing and opioid-related mortality among family physicians in Ontario

To examine whether variation in prescribing at the level of the individual physician is associated with opioid-related mortality. A population-based cross-sectional analysis linking prescription data with records from the Office of the Chief Coroner. The province of Ontario. Participants Family phys...

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Published in:Canadian family physician 2011-03, Vol.57 (3), p.e92-e96
Main Authors: Dhalla, Irfan A, Mamdani, Muhammad M, Gomes, Tara, Juurlink, David N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Analgesics, Opioid - poisoning
Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Overdose - mortality
Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality - trends
Ontario - epidemiology
Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data
Prescription Drugs - poisoning
Prescription Drugs - therapeutic use
Young Adult
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