Buprenorphine clinic for opioid maintenance therapy: Program description, process measures, and patient satisfaction

Journal of Addictions Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 8-12

  Strobbe, Stephen ^a   Mathias, Lisa ^a   Gibbons, Patrick W ^a   Humenay, Edward ^a   Brower, Kirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine clinic; Opioidmaintenance therapy; Patient satisfaction; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953108191     PISSN: 10884602     EISSN: 15487148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10884602.2010.545090     Document Type: Article

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