| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. Barrier to rural opioid treatment: Driving distance to methadone clinics
USA. Barrier to rural opioid treatment: Driving distance to methadone clinics
People who live in rural counties in five states heavily affected by the opioid epidemic must drive longer distances to obtain methadone, a treatment for opioid addiction, compared to individuals from urban counties, say Yale researchers. Their study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggests these long drive times in rural counties could be reduced by making methadone more accessible in primary care clinics, they said. (Yale University, 01.10.2019)
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