Supportive alternate site provision of buprenorphine: Overcoming barriers and improving patient outcomes
Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez
- 27 February 2021
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Highlights
- •Provision of buprenorphine at scheduled clinic visits as opposed to filling prescriptions at pharmacies may improve outcomes.
- •We evaluated outcomes pre- and post-implementation of a program that provided patients with buprenorphine at clinic visits.
- •Retention, adherence, illicit drug use and emergency department utilization significantly improved following implementation.
- •Survey of patients after program implementation indicated high satisfaction.
- •Additional studies are needed to determine causality and generalizability.
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