Improving Rural Access to Opioid Treatment Programs

J Law Med Ethics. 2018 Jun;46(2):437-439. doi: 10.1177/1073110518782951.

Abstract

This article explores challenges to accessing opioid treatment programs in rural areas, and offers solutions that would ease these problems.

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects
  • Buprenorphine / supply & distribution
  • Drug Overdose / mortality
  • Health Services Accessibility*
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Humans
  • Methadone / supply & distribution
  • Opiate Substitution Treatment*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Rural Health Services*
  • Rural Population
  • United States

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Buprenorphine
  • Methadone