Health care system costs related to potentially inappropriate medication use involving opioids in older adults in Canada

• Main Authors: Carina D'Aiuto (Author), Carlotta Lunghi (Author), Line Guénette (Author), Djamal Berbiche (Author), Karine Bertrand (Author), Helen-Maria Vasiliadis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Older adults are at risk of potentially inappropriate medication use given polypharmacy, multimorbidity, and age-related changes, which contribute to the growing burden associated with opioid use. The objective of this study was to estimate the costs of health service utilization...