TABLE 1.

Demographics and Descriptive Perceptions of Survey Physicians

Characteristics	Respondents, N = 226
	n	%
Physician age group
30-60 years	146	64.6
Greater than 60 years	68	30.1
Unknown age	12	5.3
Physician sex
Male	152	67.2
Female	68	30.1
Unknown	6	2.7
Physician race
White	69	30.5
Hispanic	65	28.7
Black	19	8.4
Asian	41	18.1
Unknown	32	14.2
Years in practice
Less than 10 years	17	7.5
10-25 years	90	39.8
Greater than 25 years	107	47.3
Unknown	12	5.3
Receptive to follow-up pharmacist communication
Welcome	166	73.4
Indifferent	38	16.8
Not useful	16	7.0
No response	6	2.7
Financial category of patients
Upper middle and middle class	125	55.3
Indigent	88	38.9
No response	13	5.8
Medication sample use
< 25% of patients	176	77.9
26%-50% of patients	38	16.8
> 50% of patients	10	4.4
No response	2	0.9