Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine

Date
01/2020
Journal
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Description

Only a small percentage of people who need treatment for opioid use disorder receive it, including buprenorphine. This paper shows differences in rates of prescribing buprenorphine and intentions to prescribe buprenorphine between early- and mid-to-late career family physicians, based on a survey of physicians taking a certification examination.

Center
Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
Authors
Lars Peterson, Zachary Morgan, Aimee Eden