Three-year Retention Rates With Office-based Treatment of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in a Private Family Medicine Practice.

Objective: Although primary care settings have benefits for implementing office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) programs with buprenorphine, few studies have examined the impact on patient retention beyond 12 months. The objective of this study is to assess long-term outcomes of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) integrated into comprehensive primary care treatment at a family medicine practice.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients diagnosed with OUD who received treatment with buprenorphine between December 2006 and January 2018 was conducted at private family medicine practice in semirural Upstate New York.