Table 1.
PT (n = 352) | PWT (n = 231) | X2, p value | |
Male | 84.9% | 82.7% | X2 = 0.4; p = 0.563 |
Practice in a town with >10,000 inhabitants | 60% | 66.2% | |
Practice in a town with <10,000 inhabitants | 40% | 33.8% | X2 = 2.3; p = 0.136 |
Works alone | 57.9% | 65.7% | |
Works in a group practice (with other doctors) | 42.1% | 34.3% | X2 = 3.5; p = 0.068 |
Median no. of years in practice* (mean SD) | 15 (14.8 ± 7.4) | 17 (17 ± 8.6) | Z = -3.2; p = 0.001 |
PT = General practitioners with patients receiving methadone substitution treatment
PWT = General practitioners without patients receiving methadone substitution treatment
*P value was calculated using the Mann-Whitney test; other P values were calculated using Fisher's exact test