Adverse drug reactions due to opioid analgesic use in New South Wales, Australia: a spatial-temporal analysis

• Main Authors: Wei Du (Author), Shanley Chong (Author), Andrew J. McLachlan (Author), Lan Luo (Author), Nicholas Glasgow (Author), Danijela Gnjidic (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pharmaceutical opioid analgesic use continues to rise and is associated with potentially preventable harm including hospitalisation for adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Spatial detection of opioid-related ADRs can inform future intervention strategies. We aimed to investigate the g...