Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Feb 2012
Increases in the use and cost of opioids to treat acute and chronic pain in injured workers, 1999 to 2009.
Quantify temporal changes in opioid use. ⋯ The annual cumulative dose and cost of opioids per claim increased over the study period related to an increase in prescriptions for long-acting opioids.