Table 2.
Basic characteristics and opioid prescription pattern across provider groups defined by opioid prescription
| Opioid prescribers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Opioid non- prescribers (N=5,153) |
Providers in lower MEQ decilesa (N=8,923) |
Providers in top MEQ decileb (N=991) |
|
| Male % | 52.7 | 56.7 | 56.6 |
| Organization % | |||
| Sole practice | 19.7 | 16.5 | 14.4 |
| Group practice | 80.3 | 83.5 | 85.6 |
| Type of providers % | |||
| MD: Family medicine | 7.1 | 13.0 | 39.5 |
| MD: Internal medicine | 20.6 | 13.7 | 23.4 |
| MD: Emergency medicine | 2.9 | 9.0 | .9 |
| MD: Ob/Gyn | 2.0 | 5.5 | .3 |
| Nurse practitioner | 11.6 | 8.2 | 14.4 |
| Physician assistant | 4.5 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| Dentist | 4.6 | 10.6 | .5 |
| Othersc | 46.7 | 31.4 | 11.5 |
| Opioid prescription pattern | |||
| # Medicaid patients they prescribed opioidd |
-- | 17.4 | 42.5 |
| Daily dose (MEQ mg) in prescriptione |
-- | 46.3 | 77.7 |
| Percent of providers ever prescribing >100mg MEQ per day % |
-- | 34.4 | 96.8 |
| Percent of providers ever prescribing >200mg MEQ per day % |
-- | 8.2 | 68.1 |
a
Lower deciles indicate providers in deciles 1 through 9 in MEQ.
b
Providers in top decile got prescribed >=68,383 mg MEQ
c
Other types of providers include 69 different types of providers including MDs in orthopedic surgery, neurology, pediatrics, and etc.
d
The standard deviation for # Medicaid patients they prescribed opioid is 31.5 and 47.0 for opioid prescribers in lower and top decile, respectively.
e
The standard deviation for daily dose in prescription is 31.1 and 49.9 for opioid prescribers in lower and top decile, respectively.