Research Alert: January 29, 2018

Rural Health Recap

Opioid Use and Treatment Availability

The Rural Health Research Centers are committed to providing timely, quality national research on the most pressing rural health issues, often exploring the same topics from various perspectives. Gateway has developed Rural Health Research Recaps to identify the key findings from all of the research centers on specific rural health topics. This resource provides a summary of their most recent research on opioid use and treatment availability.

Additional Resources of Interest:

• Barriers Rural Physicians Face Prescribing Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
• Changes in the Supply of Physicians With a DEA DATA Waiver to Prescribe Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
• Geographic and Specialty Distribution of U.S. Physicians Trained to Treat Opioid Use Disorder
• Illicit Drug and Opioid Use Disorders Among Non-Metropolitan Residents
• Perceived Treatment Need and Utilization for Illicit Drug and Opioid Use Disorders in Non-Metropolitan Areas
• Rural Opioid Abuse: Prevalence and User Characteristics
• Rural Opioid Prevention and Treatment Strategies: The Experience in Four States
• More information from the Rural Health Information Hub's topic guides: Healthcare Access, Pharmacy and Prescription Drugs, Substance Use and Misuse