Availability of medications for opioid use disorder in outpatient and inpatient pharmacies in South Florida: a secret shopper survey - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

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Availability of medications for opioid use disorder in outpatient and inpatient pharmacies in South Florida: a secret shopper survey - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
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An article published in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice highlights significant pharmacy-related barriers to opioid use disorder treatment in South Florida across both hospital pharmacies and outpatient community pharmacies.

). During the calls, research team members identified themselves as medical students working for a physician planning to prescribe buprenorphine-naloxone for a patient but wanting to ensure availability prior to placing the order. Information was obtained from the pharmacist on duty preferentially or otherwise a pharmacy technician. Telephone calls were completed by six medical students on weekdays during the business hours of 8AM to 5PM between July and October 2021.

Pharmacies were contacted using the telephone numbers listed on each hospital’s website, by calling the hospital operator and requesting a transfer to the inpatient pharmacy, or through personal contacts at local hospitals. Three attempts were made on different days to contact each pharmacy. For pharmacies where information could not be obtained, an email was sent distributing a survey including the same questions from the script.

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