Table 3.
Prescription drug monitoring program opinions and use, by specialty and years of experience
| Prescriber characteristics | % (N) | Emergency % (N) | Surgery % (N) | p (E/S) | Junior % (N) | Senior % (N) | p (Y/O) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aware of NC PDMP | |||||||
| Yes | 95.0% (57) | 96.6% (28) | 93.4% (29) | 0.596 | 97.2% (35) | 91.7% (22) | 0.332 |
| No | 5.0% (3) | 3.5% (1) | 6.5% (2) | 0.596 | 2.8% (1) | 8.3% (2) | |
| Registered user of NC PDMP | |||||||
| Yes | 60.0% (36) | 86.2% (25) | 35.5% (11) | < 0.001 | 50.0% (18) | 75.0% (18) | 0.052 |
| No | 40.0% (24) | 13.8% (4) | 64.5% (20) | < 0.001 | 50.0% (18) | 25.0% (6) | |
| Has used PDMP to examine prescription drug use of one of own patients | |||||||
| Yes | 63.3% (38) | 93.1% (27) | 35.5% (11) | < 0.001 | 61.1% (22) | 66.7% (16) | 0.660 |
| No | 36.7% (22) | 6.9% (2) | 64.5% (20) | < 0.001 | 38.9% (14) | 33.3% (8) | |
| Ease of accessing PDMP info | |||||||
| Very difficult | 5.3% (2) | 3.7% (1) | 9.1% (1) | 0.503 | 4.6% (1) | 6.3% (1) | 0.818 |
| Somewhat difficult | 42.1% (16) | 40.7% (11) | 45.5% (5) | 0.787 | 36.4% (8) | 50.0% (8) | 0.401 |
| Neither easy nor difficult | 10.5% (4) | 3.7% (1) | 27.3% (3) | 0.032 | 9.1% (2) | 12.5% (2) | 0.728 |
| Somewhat easy | 34.2% (13) | 40.7% (11) | 18.2% (2) | 0.184 | 45.5% (10) | 18.8% (3) | 0.087 |
| Very easy | 7.9% (3) | 11.1% (3) | 0% (0) | 0.250 | 4.6% (1) | 12.5% (2) | 0.368 |
| Utility of PDMP info | |||||||
| Not at all useful | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | – | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | – |
| A little useful | 13.2% (5) | 7.4% (2) | 27.3% (3) | 0.101 | 18.2% (4) | 6.3% (7) | 0.085 |
| Moderately useful | 26.3% (10) | 22.2% (6) | 36.4% (4) | 0.368 | 18.2% (4) | 37.5% (6) | 0.180 |
| Very useful | 60.5% (23) | 70.4% (19) | 36.4% (4) | 0.051 | 63.6% (14) | 56.3% (9) | 0.646 |
| Frequency of PDMP use | |||||||
| Never | 2.6% (1) | 3.7% (1) | 0% (0) | 0.516 | 4.6% (1) | 0% (0) | 0.390 |
| Infrequently | 42.1% (16) | 22.2% (6) | 90.9% (10) | < 0.001 | 45.5% (10) | 37.5% (6) | 0.624 |
| Somewhat frequently | 26.3% (10) | 33.3% (9) | 9.1% (1) | 0.124 | 18.2% (4) | 37.5% (6) | 0.180 |
| Frequently | 23.7% (9) | 33.3% (9) | 0% (0) | 0.029 | 27.3% (6) | 18.8% (3) | 0.542 |
| All the time | 5.3% (2) | 7.4% (2) | 0% (0) | 0.352 | 4.6% (1) | 6.3% (1) | 0.818 |
| An integrated EMR alert about patient-specific risk factors would be useful | |||||||
| Yes | 96.7% (58) | 96.6% (28) | 96.8% (30) | 0.960 | 97.2% (35) | 95.8% (23) | 0.772 |
| No | 3.3% (2) | 3.5% (1) | 3.23% (1) | 0.960 | 2.8% (1) | 4.2% (1) | 0.772 |
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