Buprenorphine prescribing practices for older adults in 2019 and 2020
A relatively small subset of clinicians prescribes most buprenorphine to older adults. This work provides evidence of gaps in care delivery. Scalable systems-level interventions should be developed and tested to improve treatment availability mindful of existing clinical infrastructure.
Authors
- Natalie C. Ernecoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4753-8492)
- Jonathan Cantor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-833X)
- Flora Sheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1511-6754)
- Bradley D. Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-8887)
Institutions
- RAND Corporation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19291
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09
Funders
- Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts
- National Institute on Drug Abuse