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Table 2 Survey data of the impact of dispensing fees on lifestyle and debt of OST patients

From: The impact of dispensing fees on compliance with opioid substitution therapy: a mixed methods study

 

Lifestyle groups

 

No impact (%)

Sometimes impacts (%)

Significantly impacts (%)

Debt groups (%)

Never in debt

48.1

32.7

19.2

Sometimes in debt

11.6

44.2

44.2

Always in debt

2.9

14.7

82.4

 

Total (%)

24

31.8

44.2

  1. Note: Numbers in the cells are the percentages of responses within the rows of the table.
  2. Chi-square analysis performed for cross tabulation, p-value <0.001. This illustrates a positive correlation between debt and lifestyle impacts from patient surveys.