Opioid use and health care charges at the end of life in patients with metastatic cancer.

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Published in Manag Care Interface on April 01, 2004

Authors

Ariel Berger1, Meredith Smith, Loren Lidsky, Raafat Seifeldin, Gerry Oster

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1: Policy Analysis Inc., Brookline, Massachusetts 02445, USA.

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