Questions

Responses

1. Why don’t you prescribe Suboxone?

a. Inadequate reimbursement for time and effort involvement

b. Not enough time to take in addiction patients

c. Believe that treatment is not beneficial

d. Non-compliant patient population

e. Rules and regulations doctors are required to follow when prescribing opioids

f. Other: please specify

2. Do you prescribe other opioid medications to your patients?

a. Yes

b. No

3. If yes (to the previous question), for what diagnoses, and how do you monitor these patients?

4. Do you think you have substance abuse in your practice?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Prefer not to answer

5. Do you screen for opioid dependence in your practice?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Prefer not to answer

6. Do you think the insurance coverage of Suboxone is a problem for the patients?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Don’t Know

7. Where would you send your patients if they wanted to seek treatment for their opioid addiction?

8. Do you think there is a social stigma among doctors to prescribe Suboxone?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Don’t Know

9. Do you think there is a social stigma among patients when taking Suboxone?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Don’t Know

10. What would motivate you to treat Suboxone patients?

a. Better reimbursement

b. Better insurance coverage

c. More ancillary staff (psychologists, physical therapists, other therapists)

f. Having mid-level providers (physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners)

e. Other: please specify

11. How would you recommend treating the current opioid epidemic in Orange County, New York?