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Table 1 Clinic characteristics at baseline (N = 41)

From: Expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder in primary care clinics: an evaluation of common implementation strategies and outcomes

 

N

%

MOUD capability

 Start-up

25

61.0

 Scale-up

16

39.0

Rurality

 Urban/Metropolitan

34

82.9

 Rural

7

17.1

Primary care shortage

 Non-medically underserved area

25

61.0

 Medically underserved area

16

39.0

Clinic type

 FQHC

28

68.3

 FQHC Look-Alikes

2

4.9

 Ambulatory Care Clinic

7

17.1

 Indian Health Service Clinic

4

9.8

Organization patient panel size

 Small (0–14,999 patients)

15

36.6

 Medium (15,000–59,999 patients)

11

26.8

 Large (≥60,000 patients)

15

36.6

 

Mean

SD

General organization characteristics

 Unique patients

63,416.4

135,035.2

 Employees

909.3

2,135.1

General clinic characteristics

 Physicians

16.3

34.2

 Certified nurse practitioner

4.6

6.0

 Physician assistants

1.8

2.5

 Addiction certified physicians

0.4

0.6

 Psychiatrists

0.8

1.1

 Addiction certified psychiatrists

0.4

0.9

 Mental health & addiction certified behavioral clinicians

1.1

1.5

MOUD characteristics

 Prescribers

20.4

33.8

 X-waivered prescribers

4.9

4.7

 Active x-waivered prescribers

3.6

8.0

 X-waivered prescribers (%)

41.3

28.5

 Patients with OUD

79.1

180.3

 Patients prescribed MOUD

29.6

80.7

 Patients prescribed MOUD (%)

44.4

33.6

Insurance type

 Patients on Medicaid (%)

59

19

 Patients on Medicare (%)

12

17

 Patients with dual eligibility (%)

7

9

 Patients on private insurance (%)

8

12

 Uninsured patients (%)

16

12