Prevalence, Distribution, and Characteristics Associated with Possession of Buprenorphine Waivers Among Infectious Diseases Physicians in the United States.
Ayako Wendy FujitaNora LoughryDeLante E MooreAndrea E CarterSophia A HussenHannah CooperJonathan A ColasantiAnandi N ShethPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
We found an extremely low prevalence and skewed geographic distribution of ID physicians with buprenorphine waivers. Our findings suggest an urgent need to increase the workforce of ID physicians waivered to prescribe buprenorphine and a call for increased integration of OUD education into ID training and continuing medical education.