Experience and Satisfaction With Buprenorphine Reported by Prescribing Physicians
| Variable | Prescribes Buprenorphine (n = 22) No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Patients ever treated with buprenorphine | |
| Mean | 10.1 |
| 1–3 | 11 (50) |
| 4–10 | 6 (27) |
| >10 | 4 (18) |
| Unknown | 1 (5) |
| Has name on public list of prescribing physicians | 9 (41) |
| Clinical opinion of buprenorphine’s effectiveness for treating opioid addiction | |
| Mean score | 4.3 |
| Dissatisfied (1–3) | 3 (14) |
| Satisfied (4–5) | 18 (82) |
| Missing | 1 (5) |
| Types of patients physician is willing to accept for treatment | |
| Patients already on personal panel | 21 (95) |
| Patients of other physicians in clinic | 17 (89)a |
| Referrals from other physicians or agencies | 16 (73) |
| Patients from the community not in the practice | 14 (64) |
| Patients from other communities not already in the practice | 8 (36) |
| Has participated in telemedicine sessions offering addiction, pain, and psychiatry specialists | 8 (36) |
↵a Of 19 physicians, 3 prescribers were solo practitioners.