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Laurie Hailer, QuantGal LLC, Fairfax, California.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 Sep;41(9):1231-1237. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00310.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was slower growth in the number of new waivers authorizing clinicians to provide buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder. However, treatment capacity grew at a stable rate as a result of already authorized clinicians obtaining waivers for larger patient panels. Advanced practice nurses accounted for the largest portion of capacity growth during the pandemic.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间,新的授权临床医生为阿片类药物使用障碍提供丁丙诺啡治疗的豁免数量增长缓慢。然而,由于已经获得授权的临床医生为更大的患者群体获得了豁免,因此治疗能力以稳定的速度增长。在大流行期间,高级执业护士占能力增长的最大部分。