Barriers to Primary Care Physicians Prescribing Buprenorphine

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Reports on a study of physicians in the State of Washington who participated in a Rural Opioid Addiction Management Project on the use of buprenorphine-naloxone in the treatment of opioid use disorders. Study determined the percentage of physicians who prescribed this treatment, the characteristics associated with the prescribing physicians, the number of patients treated, and the barriers found when integrating this treatment into their outreach practice.

Eliza Hutchinson, Mary Catlin, C. Holly A. Andrilla, et al.

Annals of Family Medicine, 12(2), 128-133

03/2014

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Access · Illicit drug use · Physicians · Prescription drug misuse · Primary care · Statistics and data