Geographic and Specialty Distribution of US Physicians Trained to Treat Opioid Use Disorder.

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CONCLUSIONS: In the United States opioid use and related unintentional lethal overdoses continue to rise, particularly in rural areas. Increasing access to office-based treatment of opioid use disorder-particularly in rural America-is a promising strategy to address rising rates of opioid use disorder and unintentional lethal overdoses.
PMID: 25583888 [PubMed – in process] (Source: Annals of Family Medicine)