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- Title
Reducing oxycodone prescription: audit on a hospital‐based intervention.
- Authors
Woolley, Michael; Shao, Emily; Iedema, Joel; McCarron, Ashlea
- Abstract
The article discusses that opioid dependence and abuse remain a prevalent issue in Australia. It mentions that multi-level interventions are required to reduce the impact of the opioid crisis in Australia. It also mentions that local policy interventions can be initiated in the hospital environment, which reduces the number of prescribed oxycodone tablets.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; SUBSTANCE abuse prevention; ANALGESICS; AUDITING; HOSPITAL health promotion programs; MEDICAL prescriptions; NARCOTICS; OXYCODONE
- Publication
Internal Medicine Journal, 2020, Vol 50, Issue 11, p1440
- ISSN
1444-0903
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/imj.15054