Table 1 Demographic and practice characteristics of respondents
Child Health Providers (N = 1,021) | Other Physicians (N= 3,159) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Respondent Characteristics | ||||
Age: Mean (range) | 49.54 | (30–83) | 51.02 | (30–86) |
Gender (male) | 537 | (64.8%) | 1941 | (79.7%) |
Race/ethnicity: | ||||
Caucasian | 650 | (63.7%) | 2221 | (70.3%) |
Hispanic | 177 | (17.3%) | 362 | (11.5%) |
Asian | 119 | (11.7%) | 314 | (9.9%) |
African American or Black | 34 | (3.3%) | 99 | (3.1%) |
Other or unknown | 41 | (4.0%) | 163 | (5.2%) |
Practice Characteristics | ||||
Mean years practicing in current community (range) | 13.51 | (1–50) | 15.03 | (<1–50) |
Mean years since medical school graduation (range) | 20.69 | (<1–59) | 21.67 | (<1–62) |
Practice Size: | ||||
Solo practice | 247 | (25.5%) | 980 | (32.7%) |
2–9 physicians | 588 | (60.7%) | 1561 | (52.1%) |
10–49 physicians | 104 | (10.7%) | 279 | (9.3%) |
50 or greater physicians | 29 | (3.0%) | 177 | (5.9%) |
Practice setting: | ||||
Rural | 77 | (7.6%) | 168 | (5.3%) |
Urban | 942 | (92.4%) | 2985 | (94.7%) |
Single specialty | 591 | (87.7%) | 2121 | (85.0%) |
Multi specialty | 83 | (12.3%) | 374 | (15.0%) |