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Table 2 Respondent Characteristics

From: Implementation of mandatory opioid prescribing limits in North Carolina: healthcare administrator and prescriber perspectives

Characteristics

Administrators

Prescribers

Respondents (#)

14

38

Education

 Physician

9

21

 Physician Assistant

0

15

 Nursea

4

2

 Pharmacist

1

0

 Otherb

5

0

Specialtyc

 Internal Medicine

4

11

 Family Medicine

4

9

 General Surgery

0

3

 OB/GYN

0

2

 Emergency Medicine

0

7

 Psychiatry

1

1

 Orthopedics

0

3

 Otolaryngology (ENT)

0

1

 Neurology

0

1

 Anesthesia

1

0

Region

 Central/South Central

8

20

 Eastern

3

5

 Western/Northwestern

3

13

  1. aNurse includes BSN, MSN, and DNP
  2. bMultiple degrees may be held including PhD, non-clinical public health degrees
  3. cSpecialties are included only for those administrators with physician training