SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Table 1S. Description of the studied sample in separate for OA patients and OA patients with moderate to severe pain (OAP)
OA patients OAP patients
N 136,556 29,866
Mean age (S.D) 63.68 (17.11) 75 (12.79)
% of female 65.0% 73.7%
Median OA duration (Pc25-Pc75) 139 days (58-344) 587 days (463-700)
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Figure 1S. Overall successive therapy lines after the first prescription: specialists who prescribed the pain treatment
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Figure 2S. First referral line: specialists who prescribed the pain treatment
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Figure 3S. Global referrals of OAP patients to specialists, related to pain treatment.
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