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In Rural Areas, Buprenorphine Waiver Adoption Since 2017 Driven by Nurse Practitioners And Physician Assistants

Few patients with opioid use disorder receive medication for addiction treatment. In 2017, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act enabled nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to obtain federal waivers that allowed them to prescribe buprenorphine, a key medication for opioid...

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Published in:Health Aff (Millwood)
Main Authors: Barnett, Michael L., Lee, Dennis, Frank, Richard G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938159/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31794302
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00859
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