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Patterns of prescribing in primary care leading to high-dose opioid regimens: a mixed-method study

John Bailey, Sadia Bashir Nafees, Simon Gill, Lucy Jones and Rob Poole
BJGP Open 2022; 6 (4): BJGPO.2022.0134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0134
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vol. 6 no. 4 BJGPO.2022.0134
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0134
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36229069

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Royal College of General Practitioners
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  • Received September 6, 2022
  • Revision received September 6, 2022
  • Accepted October 10, 2022
  • Published online December 20, 2022.

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  1. John Bailey1,*,
  2. Sadia Bashir Nafees1,
  3. Simon Gill2,
  4. Lucy Jones2 and
  5. Rob Poole1,2
  1. 1 Centre for Mental Health and Society, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
  2. 2 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    John Bailey, j.bailey{at}bangor.ac.uk
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