Multiscale dimensions of county-level disparities in opioid use disorder rates among older Medicare beneficiaries

BackgroundOpioid use disorder (OUD) among older adults (age ≥ 65) is a growing yet underexplored public health concern and previous research has mainly assumed that the spatial process underlying geographic patterns of population health outcomes is constant across space. This study is among the firs...

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Main Authors: Tse-Chuan Yang, Carla Shoff, Seung-won Emily Choi, Feinuo Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.993507/full