An examination of patterns and prevalence of prescribed opioid use in South Australia
September 2014
Staff:
NCETA: Roger Nicholas, Jane Fischer, Alice McEntee, Professor Ann Roche, Victoria Kostadinov
Project description:
NCETA will undertake a retrospective examination of Schedule 8 (S8) opioid dispensing in South Australia over the past 10 years. The study, using electronic data from the South Australia Drugs of Dependence Unit Registry, will examine issues such as the demographic characteristics of S8 opioid recipients and quantities and patterns of drugs dispensed, as well as how these have changed over time.
For more about this project: Go to NCETA's website.
