Nearly Half the Cost of Opioid Prescribing for Knee Osteoarthritis Is Unrelated to Care
Elena Losina, MD, PhD, of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and colleagues estimate the total lifetime cost of opioid use among patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis is $14 billion. 47% of that cost is unrelated to pain management or other clinical care.
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