Original research
by
Larochelle, Marc R. et al
Release Date
2023
Geography
USA
Language of Resource
English
Full Text Available
No
Open Access / OK to Reproduce
No
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Objective
We calculated the number of prescribers and number of prescriptions for opioid and buprenorphine by specialty and year.
Findings/Key points
Across most specialties we identified a contraction in the number of opioid prescriptions dispensed and opioid prescribers and an expansion in the number of buprenorphine prescriptions dispensed. Among high-volume opioid prescribing specialties, the largest decrease in opioid prescribers was 32% among Pain Medicine clinicians. By 2021, Advanced Practice Practitioners overtook Primary Care clinicians as the highest volume buprenorphine prescribers.
Design/methods
Data from the IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription database for January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2021.
Keywords
About prescribers
Substitution/OAT
Transitions in care/treatment
