Examining the use of telehealth to initiate buprenorphine for opioid use disorder treatment, in Health Affairs Scholar
key takeaway: "Our findings highlight increases in the use of telehealth for buprenorphine initiation beginning in 2020. Building on prior work showing a pandemic-era increase in tele-initiation of MOUD for Medicaid beneficiaries,1 our results demonstrate consistent increases in tele-initiation across insured groups. Primary care physicians prescribe most buprenorphine in the United States7 but were less likely to initiate buprenorphine via telehealth compared with behavioral health physicians."
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