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

To evaluate the variation in long‐term opioid use in osteoarthritis (OA) patients according to geography and health care access.

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