Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics.
| Study Sample | n = 26 |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| Mean (SD) | 45.7 (9.15) |
| Median (Min, Max) | 43.5 (33.0, 65.0) |
| Sex – n (%) | |
| Male | 9 (34.6%) |
| Female | 17 (65.4%) |
| Race – n (%) | |
| White | 20 (76.9%) |
| Black or African American | 1 (3.8%) |
| Asian | 2 (7.7%) |
| Multiple Races | 2 (7.7%) |
| Not Reported | 1 (3.8%) |
| Ethnicity – n (%) | |
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 25 (96.2%) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 1 (3.8%) |
| Education level – n (%) | |
| Associate or master degree | 4 (15.4%) |
| Professional school degree (e.g., MD) | 17 (65.4%) |
| Doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, EdD) | 5 (19.2%) |
| Facility state region – n (%) | |
| West | 6 (23.1%) |
| South | 12 (46.2%) |
| Midwest | 5 (19.2%) |
| Northeast | 3 (11.5%) |
| Facility part of larger group/health system – n (%) | |
| No | 3 (11.5%) |
| Yes | 23 (88.5%) |
| Practice specialty2 – n (%) | |
| Inpatient | 1 (3.8%) |
| Emergency department | 2 (7.7%) |
| Hospital outpatient | 3 (11.5%) |
| Ambulatory primary care | 8 (30.8%) |
| Ambulatory other/specialty | 7 (26.9%) |
| Mixed setting (e.g., partial hospitalization in day/night clinic) | 3 (11.5%) |
| Other | 2 (7.7%) |
| Type of care provided2 – n (%) | |
| Addiction specialty | 10 (38.5%) |
| Mental health (non-addiction) | 2 (7.7%) |
| Family or internal medicine | 10 (38.5%) |
| Pediatrics | 1 (3.8%) |
| Emergency medicine | 1 (3.8%) |
| Other (infectious disease, pediatrics/emergency medicine) | 2 (7.7%) |
1 The study sample included providers considered to have completed the interview, based on identified criteria.
2 Specified and ‘Other’ categorizations were added from free text responses.