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NP, PA bupe prescribers driving increase in rural provider availability
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32565
Subject(s) - skepticism , nurse practitioners , physician assistants , rest (music) , nursing , buprenorphine , business , psychology , medicine , economic growth , economics , health care , opioid , philosophy , receptor , epistemology
If there were any doubts over whether allowing nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to become waivered prescribers of buprenorphine could make a difference at the community level, results of a new study examining rural communities should put the skepticism to rest — at least as far as access is concerned.