Trends in opioid utilisation in Australia, 2006-2015: Insights from multiple metrics.

Emily Aspasia KarangesNicholas A BuckleyJonathan BrettBianca BlanchMelisa LitchfieldLouisa DegenhardtSallie-Anne Pearson

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2017)

Our results suggest that the increases in total opioid use between 2006 and 2015 were predominantly driven by a growing number of people treated with strong opioids at lower medicine strengths/doses. This method can be used with or without person-level data to provide insights into factors driving changes in medicine use over time.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
big data
machine learning
artificial intelligence