Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 696-703 , November 2010

The Direct and Indirect Costs of Opioid-Induced Constipation

  • Frida Hjalte, MSc

      Affiliations

    • The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, Lund, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Frida Hjalte, MSc, The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, P.O. Box 2127, SE-220 02 Lund, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Anna-Carin Berggren, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Mundipharma AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Henrik Bergendahl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Catharina Hjortsberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Swedish Institute for Health Economics, Lund, Sweden

,Accepted 14 February 2010.

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PII: S0885-3924(10)00463-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.02.019

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 696-703 , November 2010

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