{
  "abstract": "There is an increasing need for pain management clinicians in the USA in the midst of the opioid epidemic and aging population. 1 The population of adults older than 65 years is estimated to make up 20% of the US population by 2030.2 Some estimates indicate that the prevalence of chronic pain in older adults to be about 20.4%.3 Pain in conjunction with other age-related changes may create a lower quality of life in the older adults.4 In this research letter, we aim to evaluate the accessibility of pain management providers for the growing Medicare population.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Aditya Khurana"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, Arizona, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Layth Mahdi"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Christopher Wie"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Natalie H Strand"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Age and pain: are pain management clinicians keeping up with the increasing Medicare population?",
  "uid": "f2da58c7-434a-5ff7-96b2-b157b9f9776c"
}