TABLE 2.
Summary of survey questions accompanied with aggregate responses
| How important do you think that it is that emergency physicians have training to initiate treatment for ED patients with OUD using buprenorphine? | ||||||
| n = 288 | No opinion | Not at all important | Slightly important | Important | Fairly important | Very important |
| 3 (1.0%) | 12 (4.2%) | 21 (7.3%) | 25 (8.7%) | 62 (21.5%) | 165 (57.3%) | |
| Did you or will you receive X‐waiver training during residency? | ||||||
| n = 288 | Yes | No | I'm not sure | N/A | ||
| 140 (48.6%) | 80 (27.8%) | 54 (18.8%) | 14 (4.9%) | |||
| If you have not had X‐waiver training, would you be interested in receiving this training during residency? | ||||||
| n = 260 | Yes | No | I'm not sure | N/A | ||
| 182 (70%) | 15 (5.8%) | 13 (5%) | 50 (19.2%) | |||
| What proportion of faculty at your primary teaching hospital regularly prescribe or dispense buprenorphine to treat OUDs? | ||||||
| n = 288 | None | One or two | A handful | About half | Most or all | I'm not sure |
| 49 (17%) | 51 (17.7%) | 87 (30.2%) | 30 (10.4%) | 22 (7.6%) | 49 (17%) | |
| What proportion of faculty at your primary teaching hospital have their X‐waivers? | ||||||
| n = 285 | None | One or two | A handful | About half | Most or all | I'm not sure |
| 19 (6.7%) | 33 (11.6%) | 79 (27.7%) | 23 (8.1%) | 48 (16.8%) | 83 (29.1%) | |
| What proportion of faculty at your primary teaching hospital regularly prescribe or dispense naloxone to patients at risk for opioid overdose? | ||||||
| n = 287 | None | One or two | A handful | About half | Most or all | I'm not sure |
| 14 (4.9%) | 21 (7.3%) | 47 (16.4%) | 41 (14.3%) | 106 (36.9%) | 58 (20.2%) | |
| Have you ever prescribed buprenorphine in the ED to treat opioid withdrawal or OUD? | ||||||
| n = 288 | Yes | No | I'm not sure | |||
| 135 (46.9%) | 149 (51.7%) | 4 (1.4%) | ||||
| On a scale from 0 to 10, how ready are you to provide ED‐initiated buprenorphine with referral for ongoing treatment of OUD? | ||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 31 (10.8%) | 12 (4.2%) | 20 (7%) | 16 (5.6%) | 17 (5.9%) | 19 (6.6%) | |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 28 (9.8%) | 42 (14.7%) | 36 (12.6%) | 33 (11.5%) | 32 (11.2%) | ||
| What, if any, OUD educational resources are you interested in receiving? | ||||||
| n = 280 | Online X‐waiver training | Brochures/pamphlets/laminated quick cards | ||||
| 184 (65.7%) | 96 (34.3%) | |||||
| In‐person X‐waiver training | Phone/iPad applications | EMR applications | ||||
| 102 (36.4) | 137 (48.9%) | 100 (35.7%) | ||||
| Website/online Resources | Other | None | ||||
| 123 (43.9%) | 3 (1.1%) | 30 (10.7%) | ||||
Abbreviations: EMR, electronic medical record; OUD, opioid use disorder.