Table 2.

Scope of Practice of Family Physicians With and Without Addiction Medicine Board Certification From 2017–2019 ABFM Continuing Certification Examination Registration Questionnaire and 2016–2019 National Graduate Survey

CharacteristicsNational Graduate Survey 2016–2019Continuing Certification 2017–2019
ADM CertifiedNot ADM CertifiedP value*ADM CertifiedNot ADM CertifiedP value*
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)
Prenatal care18 (12.9)2,805 (11.2).521
Delivering babies7 (14.9)1,194 (13.7).80612 (8.6)1,637 (6.6).323
Newborn hospital care10 (21.3)2,101 (24.0).66514 (10.1)3,169 (12.7).356
Pediatric hospital care (not newborn)8 (17.0)1,714 (19.6).6618 (5.8)2,286 (9.1).166
Pediatric outpatient care28 (59.6)6,704 (76.5).00643 (30.9)13,812 (55.3)<.001
Adult inpatient medicine19 (40.4)3,445 (39.4).88541 (29.5)6,079 (24.3).157
Intensive care/ICU-CCU8 (17.0)1,953 (22.3).38611 (7.9)2,316 (9.3).583
Behavioral health care44 (93.6)7,693 (87.8).22499 (71.2)8,962 (35.9)<.001
Integrative medicine8 (17.0)1,648 (18.8).75414 (10.1)1,132 (4.5).002
End of life care20 (42.6)5,354 (61.1).00922 (15.8)7,071 (28.3).001
Buprenorphine treatment44 (93.6)886 (10.1)<.00126 (83.9)285 (5.7)<.001
Pharmacologic management of HIV/AIDS15 (31.9)1,554 (17.8).0121 (3.2)197 (3.9)1.000
Pharmacologic management of hepatitis C23 (48.9)1,688 (19.3)<.0016 (19.4)183 (3.6)<.009
  • ABFM, American Board of Family Medicine; ADM, addiction medicine; HIV/AIDS, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immuno deficiency syndrome; ICU-CCU, intensive care unit-coronary care unit.

  • * Unless otherwise noted, χ2 test was to calculate the P value.

  • Data on prenatal care provision was not available for the National Graduate Survey.

  • Fisher exact test was used to calculate this P value.