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NPs and PAs comprise main rise in buprenorphine prescribing
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32765
Subject(s) - buprenorphine , medical prescription , physician assistants , medicine , nurse practitioners , family medicine , nursing , health care , opioid , political science , receptor , law
Buprenorphine prescriptions that were dispensed — the medication given to patients — increased 9.1% from 2017 to 2018, a study published last month has found. Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) accounted for most of the increase, especially in rural counties.