- Psychiatric facility

- Inpatient and outpatient clinics

- Suboxone providers

- Pain Management Doctors

- In-patient VA facility

- Step One Addiction Clinic

- Addiction program

- Addiction specialist

- Specialists

- Psychologist

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

a. Yes = 15 (60%)

b. No = 9 (36%)

c. Don’t Know = 1 (4%)

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

a. Yes = 18 (72%)

b. No = 6 (24%)

c. Don’t Know = 1 (4%)

10. What would motivate you to treat Suboxone patients?

a. No response = 2 (8%)

b. Better reimbursement = 4 (16%)

c. Better insurance coverage = 3 (12%)

d. More ancillary staff (psychologists, physical therapists, other therapists) = 9 (36%)

e. Having mid-level providers (physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners) = 1 (4%)

f. Other: please specify = 3 (nothing, just don’t have the time) (12%)

3 (don’t want to be a part of it) (12%)

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

- No response = 3 (12%)

- More education and more government funded facilities

- More Suboxone doctors

- Get to the source

- Drug education

- Further education of doctors

- Fixing deep social stigmas

- More Pain Management clinics

- Insurance plans covering narcotics for a longer time

- Stricter prescription guidelines for opioids

- More frequent drug screening

- More counseling for psychiatric issues

- More government enforcement of controlling street drugs

- Making sure that only pain management doctors can prescribe opiates

- More education on drug addiction

- Fixing stigmas associated with opiate addiction and treatment

- Finding alternatives to opioids when prescribing pain medications

- Patient education to non-opioid alternatives

- More monitoring and drug testing to ensure compliance

- Refer patients to addiction specialists

- Plan for a substitute or eventually no need for the opioid