Table 3.

Means Comparison of Perceptions on Treatment Issues of State PSC Coordinators and Local PSC Coordinators

Perception Statements (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = strongly agree)	State Coordinators (n = 42) M (SD)	Local Coordinators (n = 849) M (SD)
If participants miss a scheduled court date, they shouldn’t be allowed to continue MOUD***	1.37 (0.63)	1.82 (0.64)
If participants have a history of diverting their medication, they should not be prescribed MOUD***	1.68 (0.77)	2.12 (0.72)
The frequency of treatment services makes no-shows more likely	2.18 (0.76)	2.09 (0.64)
MOUD burdens court staff to ensure participants are not diverting their medication**	1.91 (0.89)	2.32 (0.74)
There is a perception in the courts that MOUD is “just substituting one drug for another”	2.38 (0.91)	2.22 (0.83)

p < 0.01**

p < 0.001***