Table 1 Characteristics of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinics at different scales and stratification by government funding programs in Taiwan
| Â | Total MMT (N = 75) | By scale | PMES only (N = 32) | PMES + MCAM later (N = 34) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tiny (N = 32) | Small (N = 24) | Medium (N = 10) | Large (N = 9) | Tiny (N = 19) | Small (N = 10) | Medium (N = 3) | Tiny (N = 13) | Small (N = 14) | Medium (N = 7) | ||
Variables | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Facility level | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Core hospital | 22 (29) | 7 (22) | 8 (33) | 3 (30) | 4 (44) | 5 (26)) | 2 (20) | 1 (33) | 2 (15) | 6 (43) | 2 (29) |
 Hospital | 51 (69) | 24 (75) | 16 (67) | 7 (70) | 4 (44) | 13 (68) | 8 (80) | 2 (67) | 11 (85) | 8 (57) | 5 (71) |
 Clinics | 2 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (11) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Urbanicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban | 41 (55) | 14 (44) | 13 (54) | 7 (70) | 7 (78) | 8 (42) | 7 (70) | 3 (100) | 6 (46) | 6 (43) | 4 (57) |
 Suburban or rural | 34 (45) | 18 (56) | 11 (46) | 3 (30) | 2 (22) | 11(58) | 3 (30) | 0 (0) | 7 (54) | 8 (57) | 3 (43) |
Geographical region | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 North | 23 (31) | 10 (31) | 7 (29) | 2 (20) | 4 (44) | 4 (21) | 4 (40) | 2 (67) | 6 (46) | 3 (21) | 0 (0) |
 Central | 24 (32) | 9 (28) | 10 (42) | 4 (40) | 1 (11) | 7 (37) | 3 (30) | 1 (33) | 2 (15) | 7 (50) | 3 (43) |
 South | 22 (29) | 7 (22) | 7 (29) | 4 (40) | 4 (44) | 5 (26) | 3 (30) | 0 (0) | 2 (15) | 4 (29) | 4 (57) |
 East | 4 (5) | 4 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (23) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
 Outlying Islands | 2 (3) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |