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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Feb 18;37(9):1787–1790. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.02.025

Table 1:

Participant Characteristics

Number X-waiver No X-waiver p-value
PHYSICIAN CHARACTERSTICS
Age
 Less than 30 24 (29%) 2 22
 30–39 35 (42%) 9 26
 40–49 15 (18%) 6 9
 50–59 7 (8%) 1 6
 Over 60 3 (4%) 0 3 p=0.149
Sex
 Female 32 (38%) 5 27
 Male 52 (62%) 13 39 p=0.309
Ethnicity
 Hispanic/Latino 4 (5%) 0 4
 Non-Hispanic/Latino 80 (95%) 18 62 p=0.573
Race
 White 62 (74%) 13 49
 Black/African American 0 (0%) 0 0
 Asian 13 (15%) 4 9
 Other 9 (11%) 1 8 p= 0.561
Level of Training
 Intern 8 (10%) 0 8
 Resident 29 (35%) 4 25
 Attending 47 (56%) 14 33 p=0.077
  PGY5–9 18 (21%)
  PGY10–14 9 (11%)
  PGY15+ 20 (24%)
Percent Time in Clinical Care
 Less than 20% 2 (2%) 1 2
 20–50% 10 (12%_ 1 9
 51–75% 10 (12%_ 3 7
 Greater than 75% 61 (73%) 13 48 p=0.690
Close friend/family with SUD
 Yes 24 (29%) 6 18 p= 0.668
PRACTICE CHARACTERISTICS
X-waiver training completed
 Yes 18 (21%) n/a n/a n/a
Ordered Naloxone in past 3 months
 Yes 39 (46%) 12 27 p=0.052
Ordered Buprenorphine for a patient in past 3 months
 Yes 28 (33%) 8 20 p=0.259
*

Includes physicians who had an X-waiver (X-waiver) and those who had recently completed training but had not yet obtained an X-waiver (No X-waiver)

**

p-value for comparison of X-waivered vs non X-waivered physicians done using chi2 tests (p<0.05)