Association of Geography and Access to Health Care Providers With Long-Term Prescription Opioid Use in Medicare Patients With Severe Osteoarthritis: A Cohort Study.

Rishi J DesaiYinzhu JinPatricia D FranklinYvonne C LeeBrian T BatemanJoyce LiiDaniel H SolomonJeffrey N KatzSeoyoung C Kim

Published in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2019)

We note a substantial statewide variation in rates of long-term treatment with opioids in OA, which is not fully explained by the differences in access to health care providers, varying case-mix, or state-level policies.

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healthcare
knee osteoarthritis
public health
rheumatoid arthritis
chronic pain
early onset
pain management
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