Table 2.
Prescribers’ (n = 100) demographic information and OAT experience.
Percentage (%) | ||
---|---|---|
Identify as | Male | 60% |
Female | 39% | |
Prefer not to respond | 1% | |
What type of clinic(s) do you work at | OAT clinic | 47% |
Hospital-based clinic | 32% | |
Rapid access addiction medicine clinic | 21% | |
Community health centre | 16% | |
Emergency department | 12% | |
Hospital in-patient setting | 12% | |
Professional identification(s) | Addiction medicine physician | 62% |
Family physician | 45% | |
Emergency medicine physician | 18% | |
Psychiatrist | 7% | |
Nurse practitioner | 5% | |
Additional training(s) in addictions medicine | Certificate of added competence in addiction medicine | 57% |
Other addiction medicine training | 30% | |
Addiction medicine fellowship | 27% | |
Years of OAT practice | Less than 1 year | 4% |
1 - 5 years | 29% | |
6 - 10 years | 35% | |
11 - 15 years | 9% | |
16 - 20 years | 13% | |
More than 20 years | 10% | |
Prescribers reporting at least 50% of OAT clients are from | Urban setting | 68% |
Rural setting | 14% | |
Remote setting | 18% | |
Reserve setting | 6% |
Note: All prescribers with usable data (i.e., prescribing OAT in Ontario, Canada and answered at least one question regarding their OAT care delivery during the pandemic) were included.