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Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Utilization, and Costs of Chronic Opioid Treatment for Non-Cancer Pain in the United States

ByDavid M. Kern, MS,Siting Zhou, PhD,Soheil Chavoshi, MS,Ozgur Tunceli, PhD,Mark Sostek, MD,Joseph Singer, MD,Robert J. LoCasale, PhD

April 13th 2015

Healthcare utilization and costs increased in the 6 months after patients started opioid therapy for chronic pain; they then decreased but never reverted to baseline levels.

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Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Utilization, and Costs of Chronic Opioid Treatment for Non-Cancer Pain in the United States
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Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Utilization, and Costs of Chronic Opioid Treatment for Non-Cancer Pain in the United States

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