Opioid Use Disorder: Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Communities
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Description
Discusses challenges rural communities face in providing access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Identifies federal and state strategies to address treatment capacity, including expanding the workforce authorized to prescribe buprenorphine and using technology to provide treatment. Highlights how Scott County, Indiana responded to an HIV outbreak related to OUD by addressing the barriers to care faced by people with OUD and HIV.
Date
02/2019
Type
Document
Organization
Pew Charitable Trusts
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Access · HIV and AIDS · Illicit drug use · Policy · Prescription drug misuse · Scope of practice · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Indiana