Table 1.

Physician Characteristics (N = 359)^a

Physician characteristics	n (%)
Specialty
Primary care	128 (36.1)
Endocrinology	114 (32.1)
Geriatrics	113 (31.8)
Practice setting
Private practice	173 (50.6)
Community-based academic affiliate	106 (31.0)
Academic tertiary care center	63 (18.4)
Years in practice (y)
0–10	67 (18.9)
11–20	102 (28.7)
>20	186 (52.4)
Days per week providing patient care (d/wk)
0.5–2	62 (17.6)
3–5	290 (82.4)
Percentage of patients who are men (%)
0–25	44 (12.4)
26–50	259 (73.2)
51–100	51 (14.4)
Read guidelines on osteoporosis
No	165 (46.0)
Yes	194 (54.0)