| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Balancing global access to opioids
Balancing global access to opioids
The Lancet Global Health,
The Lancet Global Health, Volume 12, Issue 7, e1068
(…) There is an important inequity in access to opioids for those in need between countries. An analysis of data on opioid analgesic sales from hospital and retail settings estimated that, between 2009 and 2019, the median opioid consumption rate in high-income countries (HICs) was 345·1 morphine mg equivalents per 1000 inhabitants per day, versus 23·6 in upper-middle-income countries, and 8·3 in low-income and lower-middle income countries.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(24)00231-6/fulltext