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. 2023 Sep 15;20:134. doi: 10.1186/s12954-023-00869-9

Table 2.

Specialty distribution and proportion of prescribe opioid, cannabis, and daily encounter SUD by each specialty

N 249 (100%) Prescribe opioids Prescribe cannabis Daily encounter SUD
Specialty
Psychiatry 62 (24.9) 9 (14.5) 18 (29.0) 23 (37.1)
Surgery 31 (12.4) 24 (77.4) 4 (12.9) 4 (12.9)
Internal medicine 48 (19.3) 34 (70.8) 9 (18.8) 11 (22.9)
Pain medicine 22 (8.8) 18 (81.8) 20 (90.9) 4 (18.2)
Family medicine 34 (13.7) 33 (97) 11 (32.4) 2 (5.9)
Oncology 6 (2.4) 6 (100) 5 (83.3) 0
Geriatric/rehab/anesthesia 25 (10) 16 (64.0) 8 (32.0) 1 (4.0)
Neurology 10 (4.0) 3 (37.5) 6 (60.0) 0
Other 3 (1.2) 0 0 0
Pediatrics 8 (3.2) 0 1 (12.5) 1 (12.5)