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Table 1 Characteristics of participants and facilities responding to ERIC survey

From: Tracking implementation strategies in the randomized rollout of a Veterans Affairs national opioid risk management initiative

 Characteristics of Participants and Facilities

N = 89

Participant characteristics

 

 Current gender identity (How do you describe yourself?), n (%)b

  Male

38 (43)

  Female

47 (53)

 Age, n (%)

  ≤ 25 years

0 (0)

  26–35 years

23 (26)

  36–45 years

26 (29)

  46–55 years

16 (18)

  56 and older

20 (22)

 Race ethnicity, n (%)b

  Non-Hispanic Asian

7 (8)

  Non-Hispanic Black or African-American

5 (6)

  Non-Hispanic White

63 (71)

  Other race/ethnicitya

5 (6)

 Highest degree, n (%)b

  Bachelor’s degree

4 (4)

  Master’s degree

6 (7)

  MD or DO

31 (35)

  PharmD

36 (40)

  Other doctoral degree

10 (11)

 Years in primary role, n (%)

  5 years or less

38 (43)

  6–10 years

18 (20)

  11–15 years

16 (18)

  16 years or more

14 (16)

 What is your primary role in the VA? n (%)b

36 (40)

  Administrator

12 (13)

  Clinician

36 (40)

  Pharmacist

37 (42)

  Other

2 (2)

 How many hours per week do you see patients? n (%)b

  ≤ 10 h

31 (35)

  11–20 h

14 (16)

  21–30 h

21 (24)

  31–40 h

19 (21)

 Opioid prescribing privileges, n (%)b

37 (42)

Facility characteristics

 Number of visits, median (IQR)

561098 (195920,926276)

 Facility complexity, n (%)

 

  1a, 1b, or 1c

66 (74)

  2

8 (9)

  3

15 (17)

 Rural, n (%)

12 (14)

 Case reviews requested, median (IQR)

18 (19)

 PC panel patient size (per 100 patients), median (IQR)

918 (121)

 Academic detailing through pain campaign, median (IQR)

21 (48)

 Academic detailing around STORM dashboard, n (%)

48 (54)

 All employee survey, workplace performance, median (IQR)

4 (0)

  1. aOther includes those who indicated Hispanic ethnicity or more than one racial/ethnic group
  2. bPercentages may not sum to 100% due to non-response/missing data; Proportion of participants who selected the option “prefer not to answer” for the following demographic questions: “current gender identity (4.5%),” “race ethnicity (10.1%),” “highest degree (2.3%),” “primary role in VA (2.3%),” “hours seeing patients (4.5%),” and “opioid prescribing privileges (2.3%)”