Beyond the Clinic Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals Read Family Medicine on a Mission Part 1: How Air Force Physicians Achieve Humanitarian Goals
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Home Research Research Library Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians Practice Predictors of Buprenorphine Prescribing by Family Physicians 2020 Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do INTRODUCTION: Both opioid use disorder and mortality for opioid overdoses are increasing. Family physicians (FPs) can treat opioid use disorder if they are waivered to prescribe buprenorphine. Our objective was to determine personal, practice, and community characteristics associated with FPs prescribing buprenorphine. METHODS: We used data from the 2017 and 2018 American Board of Family Medicine examination registration questionnaire. The questionnaire asked about current prescribing of buprenorphine, as well as about practice size, organization, and location. Logistic regression was used to determine associations between buprenorphine treatment and individual, practice, and county characteristics. RESULTS: The questionnaire had a 100% response rate. After excluding FPs in noncontinuity practices and those who could not be linked to a US county, our final sample was 2726. Only 161 (5.9%) prescribed buprenorphine. Practice in a Federal Qualified Health Center (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] = 1.98 (95% CI, 1.08, 3.63)), in solo practice (aOR = 2.60 (1.38, 4.92)), or with a mental health professional (aOR = 2.70 (1.73, 4.22)) were positively associated with prescribing buprenorphine. Practice in a rural county or in a whole county mental health professional shortage area were not associated with buprenorphine prescribing. DISCUSSION: Few FPs prescribed buprenorphine, but those in practice settings with supporting mental health services were more likely to prescribe. With their training in the biopsychosocial model and a more even distribution across the rural continuum, FPs are perfectly situated to meet the increasing need for medication-assisted treatment. However, ensuring they have supporting mental health services will be central to having more FPs provide medication-assisted treatment. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health 2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? 2018 Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians 2025 Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019 Go to Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health 2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? 2018 Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians 2025 Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019 Go to Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019
2014 Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health Go to Health is Primary: Family Medicine for America’s Health
2013 Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice? Go to Do residents who train in safety net settings return for practice?
2018 Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians Go to Response: Re: Wide Gap between Preparation and Scope of Practice of Early Career Family Physicians
2025 Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019 Go to Impact of Community Health Center Losses on County-Level Mortality: A Natural Experiment in the United States, 2011–2019