Perceived Impacts of the Affordable Care Act: Perspectives of Buprenorphine Prescribers

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 111-121

  Knudsen, Hannah K ^a   Studts, Jamie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; buprenorphine; health reform; physician survey; substance use disorder treatment delivery

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PRESCRIPTION; AGED; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BUPRENORPHINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015200521     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2017.1295335     Document Type: Article

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