Trends in opioid agonist therapy in the veterans health administration: Is supply keeping up with demand?

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-107

  Oliva, Elizabeth M ^a   Trafton, Jodie A ^a   Harris, Alex H S ^a   Gordon, Adam J ^b,c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Methadone; Office based treatment; Opioid agonist therapy; VA; Veterans; VHA

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPIOID AGONIST THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TIME; VETERANS HEALTH;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84874181103     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2012.741167     Document Type: Article

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