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ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2016

Opioid prescribing is a surrogate for inadequate pain management resources.

Hillel M Finestone, David N Juurlink, Barry Power, Tara Gomes, Nicholas Pimlott

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Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. New Canadian guidance on opioid use for chronic pain: necessary but not sufficient.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hillel M FinestoneDirector of Stroke Rehabilitation Research at the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital in Ottawa, Ont, and Professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. hfinestone@bruyere.org.
David N JuurlinkHead of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ont, and Eaton Scholar and Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Paediatrics, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.
Barry PowerPharmacist with the Rideau Family Health Team in Ottawa.
Tara GomesScientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital and with the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences and Assistant Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto.
Nicholas PimlottAssociate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and Scientific Editor of Canadian Family Physician.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidChronic PainHumansOntarioPain ManagementPhysicians, FamilyPractice Guidelines as TopicPrescription Drug MisuseAnalgesics, Opioid

Identifiers

PMID27302997
PMCPMC4907548

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