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Posted 2/23/2024 (updated 3/28/2024)
his study assessed the degree in which health care professionals who were practicing within primary care or were likely to come in contact with patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) were endorsing misinformation about buprenorphine and if this affected their willingness to care for patients with OUD.
Posted 4/28/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
The study tested a care coordination model in six rural primary care sites during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, July 2020 to January 2021. Each clinic tracked patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) as they received medication treatment delivered by an external telemedicine provider.
Patients Treated With Buprenorphine in Emergency Departments More Likely To Continue After Discharge
Posted 4/11/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
In this cohort study of 17,428 Medicaid-enrolled adults with an emergency department encounter for opioid use disorder, the buprenorphine treatment Opioid Hospital Quality Improvement Program (O-HQIP) pathway was associated with significantly increased prescription fills for buprenorphine within 30 days of discharge.
Posted 6/16/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This cross-sectional study included all counties and county-equivalent divisions in the US in 2016. Data on racial/ethnic population distribution were derived from the American Community Survey, and data on locations of facilities providing methadone and buprenorphine were obtained from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration databases.
Posted 5/22/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
As a response to the ongoing opioid crisis, every US state has increased access to naloxone through a variety of expanded prescribing methods, such as standing orders or protocols. This reports examines the impact of a standing order for rural Georgia pharmacies.
Posted 2/26/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
In this cross-sectional study of data from 3142 US counties, counties in the South Atlantic, Mountain, and East North Central divisions had more than twice the odds of being at high risk for opioid overdose mortality and lacking in capacity to deliver medications for opioid use disorder. Higher density of primary care clinicians, a younger population, micropolitan status, and lower rates of unemployment were associated with lower risk of opioid overdose and lower risk of lacking in capacity to deliver medications for opioid use disorder.