RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Buprenorphine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 443
OP 446
DO 10.1370/afm.2261
VO 16
IS 5
A1 Sebastian T. Tong
A1 Camille J. Hochheimer
A1 Lars E. Peterson
A1 Alex H. Krist
YR 2018
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/16/5/443.abstract
AB Buprenorphine can be used in primary care to treat opioid use disorder, but many family physicians feel unprepared to care for patients with opioid addiction. We sought to describe preparedness to provide and current provision of buprenorphine treatment by early career family physicians using data from the 2016 National Family Medicine Graduate Survey. Of 1,979 respondents, 10.0% reported preparedness to provide buprenorphine treatment, and 7.0% reported current buprenorphine provision. Residency preparation to provide buprenorphine treatment was most highly associated with current provision (odds ratio = 13.50; 95% CI, 7.59-24.03). Efforts to increase buprenorphine training may alleviate the workforce shortage to treat opioid use disorder.