Table 1.

HIV Provider Characteristics

Characteristic	# (%) n=497
Age, mean (standard deviation)*	46 (9)
Female gender*	257 (52)
Race/ethnicity*
White	332 (71)
Black	47 (10)
Hispanic	35 (7)
Other race	57 (12)
Professional training
Infectious diseases specialist	124 (25)
General internist or family physician	199 (40)
Physician assistant or nurse practitioner	174 (35)
Know person with “drug problem” other than patient*	297 (60)
Certified to prescribe buprenorphine†	67 (21)
Have prescribed buprenorphine†	19 (6)
Strongly agree or agree that…*
Opiate addiction is a treatable illness	434 (87)
Opiate addiction treatment and HIV treatment should be kept separate	61 (13)
A drug-dependent person who has relapsed several times probably cannot be treated	23 (5)
Most drug-dependent persons are unpleasant to work with	133 (27)
Concerned that will attract too many drug users if start prescribing	102 (23)
Very or moderately responsible to…*
Screen for drug problems	428 (86)
Counsel about drug problems	400 (81)
Very or moderately confident in…*
Screening for drug problems	346 (70)
Response to patient vignette
Buprenorphine in a primary care setting	81 (16)
Buprenorphine in a substance abuse treatment program	241 (49)
Methadone in a substance abuse treatment program	153 (31)
Other substance abuse treatment, without an opiate agonist medication	22 (4)

^*Missing values for age (33), gender (11), race (26), know person with drug problem (4), certified to prescribe buprenorphine (41), office/colleagues prescribe buprenorphine (74), opiate addiction is treatable (7), opiate addiction and HIV treatment separate (12), multiple relapses preclude successful treatment (8), drug-dependent persons unpleasant (7), concerned to attract too many drug users (29), responsible to screen (6), responsible to counsel (7), confident and screening and counseling (6).

^†Of physicians, 6 missing