The Pain Divide: a cross-sectional analysis of chronic pain prevalence, pain intensity and opioid utilisation in England
(2018)
Journal Article
Todd, A., Akhter, N., Cairns, J., Kasim, A., Walton, N., Ellison, A., …Bambra, C. (2018). The Pain Divide: a cross-sectional analysis of chronic pain prevalence, pain intensity and opioid utilisation in England. BMJ Open, 8(7), Article e023391. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023391
Objectives: Our central research question was, in England, are geographical inequalities in opioid use driven by health need (pain)? To answer this question, our study examined: (1) if there are regional inequalities in rates of chronic pain prevalen... Read More about The Pain Divide: a cross-sectional analysis of chronic pain prevalence, pain intensity and opioid utilisation in England.