International Trends in Opioid Prescribing by Age and Sex from 2001 to 2019: An Observational Study Using Population-Based Databases from 18 Countries and One Special Administrative Region
Opioid prescribing remains unbalanced across geographical regions; however, results suggest a tendency to convergence across countries/regions. Differences in opioid prescribing by sex and age were identified.
Authors
- Lotte Rasmussen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5962-6647)
- Kirstie H. T. W. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4374-490X)
- Chin-Yao Shen
- Ulrike Haug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1886-2923)
- Svetla Gadzhanova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-7387)
- Stephen Weng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5281-9590)
- Greta Bushnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4056-8405)
- Ersilia Lucenteforte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5608-5902)
- Géric Maura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6597-5122)
- Sabrina Giometto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-1778)
- Shahram Bahmanyar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-6540)
- Catharina C. M. Schuiling‐Veninga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8527-2608)
- Leena Saastamoinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0887-0137)
- Kenneth K. C. Man (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8645-1942)
- Ju Hwan Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-6515)
- Hyesung Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6556-9984)
- Edward Chia‐Cheng Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-7652)
- Bruce Carleton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4485-4054)
- Joe Kai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9040-9384)
- Til Stürmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9204-7177)
- Oliver Scholle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2633-6587)
- Kari Furu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2245-0179)
- Elizabeth E. Roughead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6811-8991)
- Christine Hsu
- Anke Neumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6697-8023)
- Marco Tuccori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7979-8486)
- Kebede Beyene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-2593)
- Amy Hai Yan Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1291-3902)
- Stephen Crystal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0366-7583)
- Adrienne Y L Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3011-8320)
- Virginia Pate
- Johan Reutfors (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-4262)
- Anton Pottegård (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9314-5679)
- Katja Taxis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8539-2004)
- Wallis C. Y. Lau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2320-0470)
- Kathy H. Li
- Harpa Lind Jónsdóttir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9160-8967)
- Kiyoshi Kubota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6092-8685)
- Ian Chi Kei Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8242-0014)
- Rosa Gini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-877X)
- Helga Zoëga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0761-9028)
- Øystein Karlstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1204-787X)
- Patricia García Poza
- Jeff Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8478-7469)
- Nadeem Qureshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4909-0644)
- Ju‐Young Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2791-1037)
- Tsugumichi Sato
- Sharon Cook
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- University of Pisa (IT)
- Macau University of Science and Technology (MO)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Verona (IT)
- Department of Health (CN)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Tokyo University of Science (JP)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- Kangwon National University (KR)
- Aston University (GB)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- University of Bremen (DE)
- Samsung (South Korea) (KR)
- Social Insurance Institution (FI)
- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HK)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE)
- Food and Drug Safety Center (JP)
- l'Assurance Maladie (FR)
- Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (ES)
- Agenzia Regionale di Sanità della Toscana (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (IT)
- University of Florence (IT)
- University College London (GB)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- CNS Drugs
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40263-025-01215-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Amgen
- Pfizer
- Sanofi
- World Health Organization
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- European Commission
- University of New South Wales
- Innovation and Technology Commission
- Novo Nordisk
- National Health Research Institutes
- Astellas Pharma
- Servier
- DAK-Gesundheit
- National Science and Technology Council
- LEO Pharma
- Health and Medical Research Fund
- National Institute on Drug Abuse