Table 1.
Characteristics of opioid prescribes between July 2016 and June 2017.
| Variable | Analytic sample (N = 10,000) |
High-volume prescribers (N = 79,014) |
All opioid prescribers (N = 665,337) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 52.8 (10.77) | 52.7 (10.78) | 49.6 (12.76) | |
| Mean (SD) | ||||
| Specialty (N) | Family Medicine | 3,222 (32.2%) | 25,609 (32.4%) | 99,576 (15.0%) |
| N (%) | Internal Medicine | 2,291 (22.9%) | 18,136 (23.0%) | 158,500 (23.8%) |
| Orthopedics | 1,138 (11.4%) | 8,624 (10.9%) | 27,739 (4.2%) | |
| Emergency Medicine | 679 (6.8%) | 5,151 (6.5%) | 44,440 (6.7%) | |
| Pain Medicine | 580 (5.8%) | 4,443 (5.6%) | 13,934 (2.1%) | |
| Surgery | 384 (3.8%) | 3,282 (4.2%) | 69,885 (10.5%) | |
| Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation | 319 (3.2%) | 2,429 (3.1%) | 7,597 (1.1%) | |
| Physician Assistant | 297 (3.0%) | 2,404 (3.0%) | 19,259 (2.9%) | |
| Dentist | 283 (2.8%) | 2,265 (2.9%) | 26,346 (4.0%) | |
| Nurse Practitioner | 245 (2.5%) | 2,062 (2.6%) | 29,549 (4.4%) | |
| General Practice | 125 (1.3%) | 873 (1.1%) | 5,303 (0.8%) | |
| Oncology | 118 (1.2%) | 1,095 (1.4%) | 19,020 (2.9%) | |
| Neurology | 117 (1.2%) | 967 (1.2%) | 10,853 (1.6%) | |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology | 79 (0.7%) | 686 (0.9%) | 37,681 (5.7%) | |
| Other | 66 (0.7%) | 528 (0.7%) | 33,957 (5.1%) | |
| Pediatrics | 20 (0.2%) | 106 (0.1%) | 31,442 (4.7%) | |
| Psychiatry | 13 (0.1%) | 116 (0.1%) | 17,222 (2.6%) | |
| Hospitalist | 10 (0.1%) | 107 (0.1%) | 4,691 (0.7%) | |
| Palliative Medicine | 9 (0.1%) | 95 (0.1%) | 850 (0.1%) | |
| Radiology | 5 (0.05%) | 36 (0.05%) | 7,493 (1.1%) | |
| Region | South | 4,641 (46.4%) | 36,679 (46.4%) | 252,856 (38.0%) |
| N(%) | Midwest | 2,328 (23.3%) | 19,081 (24.1%) | 155,782 (23.4%) |
| West | 1,875 (18.8%) | 14,047 (17.8%) | 138,055 (20.8%) | |
| Northeast | 1,156 (11.6%) | 9,207 (11.7%) | 118,644 (17.8%) | |