EDs and patient navigators key to starting and continuing buprenorphine
Emergency department clinicians increased their prescriptions for buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in California from 2017 to 2022, researchers have found. However, only 1 in 9 patients went on to receive continuous buprenorphine prescriptions within 1 year.
Authors
- Alison Knopf
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adaw.34419
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00