Assessing the Needs of Front-Line Providers in Addressing the Opioid Crisis in South Carolina

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Study of treatment needs for opioid use disorder (OUD) patients and staff capacity in South Carolina. Data reflects a needs assessment from 33 rural and urban agencies covering buprenorphine-waivered provider staffing, access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT), prevalence of OUD, referrals to other facilities, and barriers to providing MAT. Discusses policy and provider solutions to these issues.

Angela Moreland, Jenna McCauley, Kelly Barth, et al.

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 108, 4-8

01/2020

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Access · Health workforce supply and demand · Illicit drug use · Policy · Prescription drug misuse · Statistics and data · Substance use and misuse · South Carolina