Table 2.

Multivariate Analyses Examining Confidence and Barriers Associated with Having a Waiver to Prescribe Buprenorphine Among Physicians Attending HIV Educational Conferences

	AOR of having a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine
Confidence*
Confident addressing drug problems	2.05 (1.08–3.88)
Barriers†
Lack of knowledge about opiate treatment	0.59 (0.34–1.02)
The 8-hour training necessary for prescribing buprenorphine is to burdensome	0.86 (0.41–1.79)
No immediate telephone access to consult with an addiction expert	0.56 (0.32–0.97)
No ability to send difficult patients to a substance abuse treatment program	0.67 (0.38–1.17)
I would experience resistance from colleagues (including staff) in my office/clinic	0.87 (0.49–1.56)
The financial reimbursement would likely be inadequate	0.89 (0.47–1.63)
Medicolegal risks would increase	0.57 (0.33–1.00)
Patients who have a history of opiate dependence have too many problems	0.79 (0.45–1.37)
Patients might “divert” or sell buprenorphine on the street	0.89 (0.52–1.55)
Patients might abuse buprenorphine by taking it too much	0.71 (0.39–1.30)

*Confidence is adjusted for sex, location, and type of training, with comparison of confident versus not confident

^†Barriers are adjusted for sex, location, type of training, and confidence, with comparison of concerned about barrier versus not concerned about barrier