Trends In Buprenorphine Prescribing By Physician Specialty

Hefei Wen; Tyrone F Borders; Janet R Cummings

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05145

Trends In Buprenorphine Prescribing By Physician Specialty

Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 Jan;38(1):24-28. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05145.

Authors

Hefei Wen¹, Tyrone F Borders², Janet R Cummings³

Affiliations

¹ Hefei Wen ( hefei.wen@uky.edu ) is an assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington.
² Tyrone F. Borders is a professor of health management and policy and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Endowed Chair in Rural Health Policy, both at the University of Kentucky.
³ Janet R. Cummings is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 30615523
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05145

Abstract

Office-based visits involving a buprenorphine prescription increased significantly among primary care and specialist physicians from 2006 to 2014. The growing involvement of nonpsychiatry physicians in buprenorphine prescribing has the potential to provide better access to care for people with opioid use disorders.

MeSH terms

Buprenorphine / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Male
Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Office Visits / statistics & numerical data
Opiate Substitution Treatment / methods
Opioid-Related Disorders / drug therapy*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
Primary Health Care / statistics & numerical data
Psychiatry / statistics & numerical data

Substances

Narcotic Antagonists
Buprenorphine