Table 2

General practitioners who treat patients with methadone substitution (PT, n = 352)

Would you accept new MMT patients?
Yes: 23.9 %
No: 73% (missing data: 3.1%)


Mean (SD)
Median

Actual number of patients on methadone treatment?
6.2 (± 9.04)
4
How many patients would you like to have on MMT?
5.8 (± 6.9)
4
Highest daily dose of methadone you ever prescribed:
120.4 mg (± 95.9)
100 mg (mode: 100 mg)

PT = General practitioners with patients receiving methadone substitution treatment

PWT = General practitioners without patients receiving methadone substitution treatment

MMT = Methadone maintenance treatment

Pelet et al. BMC Family Practice 2005 6:51   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-6-51