Item | Total (N = 596) | Treatment unit size S | Group difference | ||
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Small (N = 130) | Medium (N = 209) | Large (N = 257) | |||
Treatment unit characteristics | |||||
 Single practice* | 54.0 | 60.8 | 53.6 | 51.0 | p = .003 |
 Urban* | 68.5 | 49.2 | 65.4 | 80.9 | p < .001 |
 Number of medical practitioners per practice** | 1.8 (±1.4) | 1.6 (±0.9) | 1.7 (±1.8) | 1.9 (±1.1) | n.s. |
 Practices with at least one psychologist or social worker* | 10.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 19.5 | p < .001 |
 Total number of employees (including nurses, etc.)** | 5.7 (±3.7) | 4.7 (±2.5) | 5.3 (±3.5) | 6.7 (±4.2) | p < .001 |
 Addiction society member* | 23.3 | 4.6 | 16.7 | 38.1 | p < .001 |
Medical specialisation* (multiple answers) | |||||
 General practitioner | 83.7 | 86.9 | 83.7 | 82.1 | n.s. |
 Internal medicine | 19.6 | 20.8 | 18.7 | 19.8 | n.s. |
 Psychiatry | 8.1 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 13.6 | p < .001 |
Additional qualifications* | |||||
 Infectiology | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 5.8 | p = .006 |
 Psychotherapy | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 5.4 | n.s. |
Opiate substitution treatment (OST) | |||||
 Number of patients in OST** | 56.4 (±75.0) | 5.0 (±3.3) | 26.6 (±8.9) | 106.6 (±91.7) | p < .001 |
 Physicians’ years in OST** | 12.4 (±5.7) | 9.4 (±6.0) | 13.1 (±5.3) | 13.4 (±5.4) | p < .001 |
 Assessment of regional OST care situationG | 3.5 (±1.5) | 3.8 (±1.5) | 3.5 (±1.4) | 3.4 (±1.5) | p = .037 |
 Deficient regional OST care situation*** | 27.4 | 34.4 | 27.5 | 23.8 | n.s. |
Infectious diseases (HCV/HIV) | |||||
 Regular HIV/HCV Testing* | 69.1 | 54.7 | 72.6 | 79.8 | p < .001 |
 Provide HIV treatment*** | 25.4 | 16.1 | 23.5 | 31.1 | p = .006 |
 Provide HCV treatment*** | 51.7 | 32.8 | 49.3 | 62.9 | p < .001 |
 Assessment of regional HCV/HIV care situation for OST patientsG | 2.9 (±1.4) | 2.8 (±1.4) | 2.8 (±1.3) | 3.0 (±1.4) | n.s. |
 Deficient regional HCV/HIV care situation*** | 15.3 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 19.0 | n.s. |
Psychiatric co-morbidities | |||||
 Estimated percentage of OST patients with psychiatric comorbidity** | 34.9 (±26.9) | 37.3 (±33.4) | 32.4 (±23.5) | 35.9 (±26.2) | n.s. |
 Treatment of psychiatric co-morbidities always/often*** | 64.5 | 55.9 | 58.4 | 73.8 | p < .001 |
 Treatment of psychiatric co-morbidities always/often w/o psychiatrist*** (n = 544) | 61.4 | 53.7 | 56.9 | 69.7 | p = .004 |