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- Title
Outcomes of DATA 2000 Certification Trainings for the Provision of Buprenorphine Treatment in the Veterans Health Administration.
- Authors
Gordon, Adam J.; Liberto, Joseph; Granda, Stephanie; Salmon‐Cox, Sara; Andrée, Tykia; McNicholas, Laura
- Abstract
Despite the high numbers of veterans with opioid dependence, few receive pharmacologic treatment for this disorder. The adoption of buprenorphine treatment within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been slow. To expand capacity for buprenorphine treatment, the VHA sponsored two eight-hour credentialing courses for the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000. We sought to describe the outcomes of such training. Following the training sessions, 29 participants (18 physicians) were highly satisfied with course content and affirmed their intention to prescribe buprenorphine; after nine-month follow-up, two physicians were prescribing. We conclude that providing credentialing courses, while popular, did not markedly promote the prescription of buprenorphine.
- Subjects
BUPRENORPHINE; ANALGESICS; HEALTH services administration; PHYSICIANS; DRUG abuse; THERAPEUTICS; MEDICAL care of veterans; HEALTH risk assessment; DRUG prescribing
- Publication
American Journal on Addictions, 2008, Vol 17, Issue 6, p459
- ISSN
1055-0496
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/10550490802408613