Healthcare providers beliefs about the meanings and impacts of prescription drug monitoring program alerts

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant information and demographics.

Participant total					29
Age
Range					26-77
Median					42
Gender Identity
Male					14
Female					15
Prescribers total					15
Private practice General practitioner (GP)					12
Private practice Psychiatrist					2
Public Hospital Doctor					1
Pharmacists total					14
Community					14
Special Interests*
Addiction					4
Public health					4
Aged care					2
Pain management					3
Indigenous health					2
Palliative Care					2
Mental health					6
Years in practice
Range					2-20+
Median					18.5
Prescriber billing
Bulk billing**					7
Full fee private					2
Mixed					7
Frequency of opioid prescribing or dispensing
Daily					15
Weekly					10
Monthly					3
Yearly					1
Location***
Inner suburban					17
Outer suburban					4
Rural					4
Regional					4

* Participants endorsed multiple areas of special interest .

** Government subsidized with no out of pocket cost for the consumer.

*** Melbourne, Victoria. Australia.