Table 2 Buprenorphine prescriptions > 24 mg by frequent prescribers of high-dose buprenorphine and other prescribers
|  | Frequent high-dose prescribers (n = 2780) | Not frequent high-dose prescribers (n = 66118) |
|---|---|---|
|  | > 24 mg dose buprenorphine (n = 114,333) | > 24 mg dose buprenorphine (n = 527,597) |
| Â | % | % |
Payer | Â | Â |
 Commercial insurance | 20.0 | 17.1 |
 Self-pay | 15.0 | 28.0 |
 Medicaid | 23.0 | 12.5 |
 Medicare | 11.9 | 6.7 |
 Discount card/voucher | 20.1 | 25.7 |
 Other | 9.9 | 10.0 |
Specialty | Â | Â |
 Addiction specialist | 2.0 | 5.5 |
 Other | 4.0 | 5.7 |
 Emergency physician | 1.6 | 2.3 |
 Psychiatrist | 12.3 | 14.8 |
 APP (advance practice providers) | 28.4 | 10.5 |
 Primary Care Physician | 42.7 | 53.8 |
 Pain specialist | 9.0 | 7.4 |
Age | Â | Â |
 12–17 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
 18–25 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
 26–35 | 27.8 | 31.5 |
 36–45 | 30.8 | 35.0 |
 46–55 | 19.5 | 17.7 |
 56–65 | 13.9 | 10.6 |
 66+ | 4.8 | 2.8 |
Sex | Â | Â |
 Male | 56.4 | 59.2 |
 Female | 43.6 | 40.8 |