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Changes in outpatient buprenorphine dispensing during COVID-19 pandemic

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Outpatient buprenorphine dispensing patterns in Texas before and after the Drug Enforcement Administration temporarily relaxed outpatient buprenorphine prescribing regulations in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were examined in this study.

Authors: Jessica Duncan Cance, M.P.H., Ph.D., of RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.22154)

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