Who prescribes buprenorphine for rural patients? The impact of specialty, location and practice type in Washington State

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 355-360

  Kvamme, Erik ^a   Catlin, Mary ^a   Banta Green, Caleb ^b   Roll, John ^c   Rosenblatt, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Opioid abuse treatment; Rural; Washington

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIST; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BUPRENORPHINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84872277417     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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