Table 1 Physician demographics
From: Buprenorphine unobserved “home” induction: a survey of Ontario’s addiction physicians
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| How many years have you been prescribing methadone (N = 82)? | |
| < 1 year | 6 (7) |
| 1–5 years | 29 (35) |
| 6–10 years | 14 (17) |
| 11–15 years | 16 (20) |
| 16–20 years | 13 (16) |
| 20+ years | 4 (5) |
| Currently, for how many patients do you prescribe either methadone or buprenorphine (N = 82)? | |
| 1–20 | 7 (9) |
| 21–50 | 17 (21) |
| 51–100 | 18 (22) |
| 101–200 | 18 (22) |
| 201–300 | 11 (13) |
| > 300 | 11 (13) |
| In the past year, what percentage of new opioid agonist patients did you start on buprenorphine instead of methadone initiation (N = 82)? | |
| < 10% | 12 (15) |
| 10–20% | 13 (16) |
| 21–40% | 23 (28) |
| 41–60% | 18 (22) |
| 61–80% | 9 (11) |
| 81–100% | 7 (8) |