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Concentration of Patient Care Among Buprenorphine-Prescribing Clinicians in the US

JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2021)

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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Volume 325, Issue 21, Pages 2206-+

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AMER MEDICAL ASSOC

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.4469

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National Institutes of Health [R01DA045800, K01DA042139, 1UG1DA049444, P50DA046351]

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