Table 1.

Comparison of Preferences and Expectations for Opioid Agonist Treatment in Patients Receiving Treatment in Specialty Addiction Treatment Settings in Three Ukrainian Cities (N = 755).

	Overall N = 755	Poltava N = 201	Mykolaiv N = 201	Kyiv N = 353	p-value*
Age	37.2 (7.7)	36.9 (7.2)	40.7 (7.0)	35.3 (7.7)	<0.001
Treatment medication:
Methadone	588 (77.9)	176 (87.6)	186 (92.5)	226 (64.0)	<0.001
Buprenorphine	167 (22.1)	25 (12.4)	15 (7.5)	127 (36.0)
Preferred location is:
Primary care clinic	478 (63.6)	112 (56.6)	133 (66.2)	233 (66.0)	0.058
Specialty care clinic	274 (36.4)	86 (43.4)	68 (33.8)	120 (34.0)
Preferred physician is:
Primary care physician	420 (56.1)	96 (48.7)	85 (42.3)	239 (68.1)	<0.001
Specialty care physician	329 (43.9)	101 (51.3)	116 (57.7)	112 (31.9)
Expected stigma is less at:
Primary care clinic	310 (42.0)	70 (35.2)	108 (54.5)	132 (38.7)	<0.001
Specialty care clinic	428 (58.0)	129 (64.8)	90 (45.5)	209 (61.3)
Expected police harassment is less at:
Primary care clinic	483 (65.5)	147 (73.1)	179 (90.4)	157 (46.4)	<0.001
Specialty care clinic	254 (34.5)	54 (26.9)	19 (9.6)	181 (53.5)
Trust in physician is higher at:
Primary care clinic	172 (23.4)	49 (24.4)	97 (48.7)	26 (7.8)	<0.001
Specialty care clinic	563 (76.6)	152 (75.6)	102 (51.3)	309 (92.2)
Preferred treatment site is:
Primary care clinic	401 (53.5)	101 (50.5)	112 (55.7)	188 (53.9)	0.565
Specialty care clinic	349 (46.5)	99 (49.5)	89 (44.3)	161 (46.1)

For categorical variables data is presented in the form: N (%), and for continuous variables: mean (SD). Percentage is calculated using total non-missing responses in the denominator. Values may not sum up to totals due to missing values.

^*p-value for the ANOVA for continuous variables and Chi-square test for categorical variables.