Trends in opioid prescribing practices in South Korea, 2009–2019: Are we safe from an opioid epidemic?

• Noo Ree Cho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea

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• Young Jin Chang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea

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• Dongchul Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea

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• Ji Ro Kim,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea

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• Dai Sik Ko ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: daisik.ko@gilhospital.com (DSK); jjchoi2@gilhospital.com (JJC)

  Affiliation Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-4025

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• Jung Ju Choi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  * E-mail: daisik.ko@gilhospital.com (DSK); jjchoi2@gilhospital.com (JJC)

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Republic of Korea

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