Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Opioid Access and Urine Drug Screening Among Older Patients With Poor-Prognosis Cancer Near the End of Life.

Andrea C EnzingerKaushik GhoshNancy L Keating David M Cutler Cheryl R Clark Narjust Florez Mary Beth Landrum Alexi A Wright

Published in: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2023)

There are substantial and persistent racial and ethnic inequities in opioid access among older patients dying of cancer, which are not mediated by socioeconomic variables.

Keyphrases

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