Physician, Practice, and County Characteristics of Family Physicians Registering to Continue their American Board of Family Medicine Certification in 2017 and 2018 by Whether they Prescribe Buprenorphine (n = 2726)
| Prescribes Buprenorphine, N (%) | Does not Prescribe Buprenorphine, N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Physician characteristics | n = 161 | n = 2565 |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 100 (6.4) | 1456 (93.6) |
| Female | 61 (5.2) | 1109 (94.8) |
| Age | ||
| Under 50 | 67 (5.4) | 1167 (94.6) |
| 50 or older | 94 (6.3) | 1398 (93.7) |
| Race | ||
| White | 113 (5.7) | 1859 (94.3) |
| Non-White | 48 (6.4) | 706 (93.6) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 (6.9) | 176 (93.1) |
| Not Hispanic | 148 (5.8) | 2389 (94.2) |
| Degree type | ||
| DO | 13 (4.9) | 255 (95.1) |
| MD | 148 (6.0) | 2310 (94.0) |
| International medical graduate | ||
| Yes | 35 (5.8) | 565 (94.2) |
| No | 126 (5.9) | 1993 (94.1) |
| Practice characteristics | ||
| Practice Organization* | ||
| Academic Health Center | 19 (10.2) | 167 (89.8) |
| Federally qualified health center | 27 (15.6) | 146 (84.4) |
| Federal | 2 (2.2) | 88 (97.8) |
| Health maintenance organization | 5 (2.9) | 168 (97.1) |
| Hospital owned | 31 (3.4) | 886 (96.6) |
| Miscellaneous/other | 9 (7.2) | 116 (92.8) |
| Other public | 8 (6.3) | 120 (93.8) |
| Private practice | 60 (6.4) | 874 (93.6) |
| Site size | ||
| Solo practice | 28 (9.2) | 278 (90.8) |
| 2 to 5 providers | 51 (5.4) | 887 (94.6) |
| 6 to 20 providers | 42 (5.0) | 796 (95.0) |
| >20 providers | 40 (6.2) | 604 (93.8) |
| Any mental health professional* | ||
| Yes | 84 (8.7) | 883 (91.3) |
| No | 77 (4.4) | 1682 (95.6) |
| County characteristics | ||
| Whole county health professional shortage area—mental health | ||
| Yes | 26 (5.0) | 493 (95.0) |
| No | 135 (6.1) | 2072 (93.9) |
| Rurality | ||
| Rural | 26 (6.4) | 379 (93.6) |
| Urban | 135 (5.8) | 2186 (94.2) |
↵* P value for χ2 test < .05.