| Literature DB >> 30226727 |
Emily Schleihauf1, Kirstin Crabtree2, Carolyn Dohoo3, Sarah Fleming4, Heather McPeake2, Matthew Bowes5.
Abstract
Timely public health surveillance is required to understand trends in opioid use and harms. Here, opioid dispensing data from the Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program are presented alongside fatality data from the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service. Concurrent monitoring of trends in these data sources is essential to detect population-level effects (whether intended or unintended) of interventions related to opioid prescribing.Entities:
Keywords: coroners and medical examiners; opioid-related disorders; prescription drug monitoring programs; public health surveillance
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30226727 PMCID: PMC6169707 DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.38.9.05
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can ISSN: 2368-738X Impact factor: 3.240