A systematic review of rural-specific barriers to medication treatment for opioid use disorder in the United States.
Conclusions: Our findings consistently identified a lack of medication providers and rural-specific implementation challenges. This review highlights a lack of rural-focused studies involving consumer participants, treatment outcomes, or barriers impacting underserved populations. There is a need for innovative treatment delivery for opioid use disorder in rural communities and interventions targeting provider attitudes.
PMID: 31809217 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - Category: Addiction Authors: Lister JJ, Weaver A, Ellis JD, Himle JA, Ledgerwood DM Tags: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse Source Type: research
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