PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C. Holly A. Andrilla
AU  - Cynthia Coulthard
AU  - Eric H. Larson
TI  - Barriers Rural Physicians Face Prescribing Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
AID  - 10.1370/afm.2099
DP  - 2017 Jul 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 359--362
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/4/359.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/4/359.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2017 Jul 01; 15
AB  - Opioid use disorder is a serious public health problem. Management with buprenorphine is an effective, office-based, medication-assisted treatment, but 60.1% of rural counties in the United States lack a physician with a Drug Enforcement Agency waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. This national study surveyed all rural physicians who have received a waiver in the United States and found that those who were not actively prescribing buprenorphine reported significantly more barriers than those who were, regardless of whether they were treating the maximum number of patients their waiver allowed. These findings suggest the need for tailored strategies to address barriers to providing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder and to support physicians who are adding or maintaining this service.