Opioid prescribing among cancer and non-cancer patients: Time trend analysis in the elderly using administrative data

Overall prescribing rates for cancer patients aged ≥65 remain unchanged over time, in spite of the introduction of a provincial symptom screening program. Decreasing prescription rates in some drug sub-classes were observed. The potential impact of these changes on the quality of symptom control for cancer patients needs further investigation.

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