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. 2021 Dec 23;102:103573. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103573

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.