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Opioid Prescribing Patterns in US Nursing Homes by Race and Ethnicity

JAMA Internal Medicine 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.5346

November 03, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

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This cross-sectional study assesses receipt of opioids and daily morphine milligram equivalents among nursing home residents from 2011 to 2022.

Corresponding Author: Ulrike Muench, PhD, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 490 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA 94158 (ulrike.muench@ucsf.edu).

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