Characteristics | Waivered (n = 187) | Non-Waivered (n = 3134) | p-value1 |
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Age group, count (%) | |||
Less than 35 | 21 (11.2%) | 407 (13.0%) | 0.79 |
35–49 | 77 (41.2%) | 1319 (42.1%) | |
50–64 | 69 (36.9%) | 1055 (33.7%) | |
65+ | 20 (10.7%) | 353 (11.3%) | |
Specialty: Psychiatric/Mental Health, count (%) | 54 (28.9%) | 412 (13.1%) | < 0.001 |
Years in practice, count (%) | |||
Less than 5 | 95 (50.8%) | 1517 (48.4%) | 0.27 |
5–9 | 41 (21.9%) | 584 (18.6%) | |
10–14 | 18 (9.6%) | 346 (11.0%) | |
15–19 | 9 (4.8%) | 241 (7.7%) | |
20–24 | 17 (9.1%) | 237 (7.6%) | |
25+ | 7 (3.7%) | 209 (6.7%) | |
Ever had prior discipline, count (%) | 10 (5.3%) | 81 (2.6%) | 0.025 |
2016 Controlled Substance Prescribing, count (%) | Waivered, 127 (67.9%) | Non-Waivered, 1323 (42.2%)) | < 0.001 |
Patients with an opioid prescription, mean (SD) [median (IRQ)] | 92.7 (155.9) [31.0 (2.0, 125.0)] | 72.0 (130.2) [25.0 (2.0, 98.0)] | 0.34 |
Opioid prescriptions per patient, mean (SD) [median (IRQ)]2 | 2.8 (1.8) [2.4 (1.2, 3.8)] | 2.2 (1.8) [1.3 (1.0, 2.6)] | < 0.001 |
Patients with long-term opioid therapy, mean (SD) [median (IRQ)] | 25.0 (72.2) [2.0 (0.0, 30.0)] | 13.1 (48.0) [0.0 (0.0, 6.0)] | < 0.001 |
Patients with a benzodiazepine prescription, mean (SD) [median (IRQ)] | 43.3 (46.7) [31.0 (8.0, 62.0)] | 28.2 (40.9) [10.0 (2.0, 39.0)] | < 0.001 |
Benzodiazepine prescriptions per patient, mean (SD) [median (IRQ)]2 | 2.8 (2.2) [2.3 (1.4, 3.7)] | 2.4 (1.6) [1.7 (1.0, 3.3)] | 0.003 |
Patients co-prescribed opioid and benzodiazepine, mean (SD) [median (IRQ)] | 4.4 (7.1) [1.0 (0.0, 6.0)] | 3.6 (10.2) [0.0 (0.0, 3.0)] | 0.003 |