<p>Participant Characteristics [N (%)].</p>

9.5 KB of tabular data from figshare, last updated March 17, 2026. The dataset contains participant characteristics from a qualitative study exploring how virtual care impacted primary care access for people with opioid use disorder in British Columbia, Canada. The data was collected via semi-structured interviews with patients and family physicians, then thematically analyzed.

Use Cases

• Analyzing demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants based on the 'Participant Characteristics' table.
• Studying barriers and facilitators to virtual primary care based on the six dimensions of access described in the study.
• Comparing patient and provider perspectives on virtual care for opioid use disorder management.
• Informing policy on tailoring virtual care to promote equitable access for marginalized populations.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.
• The study design involved semi-structured interviews with two key stakeholder groups: patients and physicians.
• Analysis was structured around a defined framework of six dimensions of healthcare access.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Shawna Narayan via figshare.

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews, transcription, and thematic analysis.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 17:29:22; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada.