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Rise and Regional Disparities in Buprenorphine Utilization in the United States

2019-09-09 addiction medicine Title + abstract only
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AimsBuprenorphine is an opioid partial-agonist used to treat Opioid Use Disorders (OUD). While several state and federal policy changes have attempted to increase buprenorphine availability, access remains well below optimal levels. This study characterized how buprenorphine utilization in the United States has changed over time and whether there are regional disparities in distribution. MeasurementsBuprenorphine weights distributed from 2007 to 2017 were obtained from the Drug Enforcement Admi...

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