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Table 1 Distribution of OST clinicians by German Federal State and patients per clinician

From: Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection among people receiving opioid substitution therapy (ECHO): study protocol

 

Distribution of OST clinicians in Germany with a qualification for addiction therapy

Distribution of the preliminary sample of OST clinicians in the present study (as of 11.07.2014)

German Federal State (GFS)

%

n

%

   Baden-Württemberg

13.6

11

12.5

   Bayern

9.2

8

9.1

   Berlin

6.2

5

5.7

   Brandenburg

0.3

1

1.1

   Bremen

3.0

3

3.4

   Hamburg

4.2

4

4.5

   Hessen

9.3

8

9.1

   Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

0.6

1

1.1

   Niedersachsen

9.9

7

8.0

   Nordrhein-Westfalen

32.1

27

30.7

   Rheinland-Pfalz

3.1

4

4.5

   Saarland

0.8

0

0.0

   Sachsen

0.8

2

2.3

   Sachsen-Anhalt

1.1

1

1.1

   Schleswig-Holstein

4.9

5

5.7

   Thüringen

0.9

1

1.1

      Total

100.0

88

100.0

Patients per clinician (PPC)

%

n

%

   4–10

16.7

13

14.8

   11–40

44.1

38

43.2

   41–80

26.9

24

27.3

   >80

12.3

13

14.8

      Total

100.0

88

100.0