Opioid use and the presence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among elderly Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with chronic pain conditions

INTRODUCTION: There is scant literature on the use of opioids among community-dwelling elderly with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). METHODS: We adopted a retrospective, cross-sectional study design using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data from 2006 to 2013. The study sam...

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Published in:Alzheimers Dement (N Y)
Main Authors: Shen, Chan, Zhao, Xiaohui, Dwibedi, Nilanjana, Wiener, R. Constance, Findley, Patricia A., Sambamoorthi, Usha
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288458/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30560199
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2018.10.012
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