Concentration of Patient Care Among Buprenorphine-Prescribing Clinicians in the US

JAMA. 2021 Jun 1;325(21):2206-2208. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.4469.

Abstract

This study quantifies the total amount of buprenorphine care delivered by active prescribers and to what extent that varies across specialties.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Buprenorphine / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Opiate Substitution Treatment
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
  • United States

Substances

  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Buprenorphine