Introduction
OUD
DISORDER
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major public health problem affecting an estimated 2 million Americans.Social contagion is the spread of behaviors or attitudes within a group of individuals. It has been implicated in the spread of behaviors and characteristics within populations and studied in the adoption of medical practice.Understanding the factors associated with buprenorphine prescribing is critical to designing interventions to increase initiation, a key step in the OUD continuum of care.