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Table 2 Characteristics of and perceptions towards primary care providers of 275 Michigan medical cannabis patients

From: Communication between healthcare providers and medical cannabis patients regarding referral and medication substitution

Variables and responses

Value

Number of physicians visited to obtain medical cannabis authorization

 1

75.3% (n = 207)

 2

18.9% (n = 52)

 3

2.9% (n = 8)

 4

0.7% (n = 2)

 5

0.4% (n = 1)

 6

0.4% (n = 1)

 Missing

1.5% (n = 4)

Primary care provider’s knowledge about medical cannabis

 Poor

32.4% (n = 89)

 Fair

27.3% (n = 75)

 Good

22.2% (n = 61)

 Very good

12.4% (n = 34)

 Excellent

4.4% (n = 12)

 Missing

1.5% (n = 4)

Confidence in primary care provider’s ability to integrate medical cannabis into treatment

 Not at all confident

46.2% (n = 127)

 Somewhat confident

16.7% (n = 46)

 Moderately confident

16.7% (n = 46)

 Very confident

10.2% (n = 28)

 Completely confident

8.7% (n = 24)

 Missing

1.5% (n = 4)

Primary care provider’s level of support for medical cannabis

 Not at all supportive

25.1% (n = 69)

 Somewhat supportive

28.4% (n = 78)

 Moderately supportive

21.1% (n = 58)

 Very supportive

12.4% (n = 34)

 Completely supportive

11.6% (n = 32)

 Missing

1.5% (n = 4)

  1. The majority of participants felt that their PCPs knowledge of medical cannabis was poor were not confident in their PCP’s ability to integrate medical cannabis into treatment, and viewed the PCP as not at all or somewhat supportive of medical cannabis
  2. PCP primary care provider