TY - JOUR
AU - C. H. A. Andrilla
AU - C. Coulthard
AU - E. H. Larson
A1 - 
AB - Opioid use disorder is a serious public health problem. Management with buprenorphine is an effective, office-based, medication-assisted treatment, but 60.1% of rural counties in the United States lack a physician with a Drug Enforcement Agency waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. This national study surveyed all rural physicians who have received a waiver in the United States and found that those who were not actively prescribing buprenorphine reported significantly more barriers than those who were, regardless of whether they were treating the maximum number of patients their waiver allowed. These findings suggest the need for tailored strategies to address barriers to providing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder and to support physicians who are adding or maintaining this service.
BT - Annals of family medicine
C5 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities; Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 4
DO - 10.1370/afm.2099
IS - 4
JF - Annals of family medicine
N2 - Opioid use disorder is a serious public health problem. Management with buprenorphine is an effective, office-based, medication-assisted treatment, but 60.1% of rural counties in the United States lack a physician with a Drug Enforcement Agency waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. This national study surveyed all rural physicians who have received a waiver in the United States and found that those who were not actively prescribing buprenorphine reported significantly more barriers than those who were, regardless of whether they were treating the maximum number of patients their waiver allowed. These findings suggest the need for tailored strategies to address barriers to providing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder and to support physicians who are adding or maintaining this service.
PY - 2017
SP - 359
EP - 362
EP - 
T1 - Barriers Rural Physicians Face Prescribing Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
T2 - Annals of family medicine
TI - Barriers Rural Physicians Face Prescribing Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
U1 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities; Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 28694273
U3 - 10.1370/afm.2099
VL - 15
Y1 - 2017
ER -