Table 2.
HCP and practice characteristics.
| Variable | Statistic or Category | All (n = 548) |
Physicians (n = 332) |
Advanced practitioners (n = 216) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional background, n (%) | Physician – Family Medicine | 170 (31.0%) | 170 (51.2%) | - |
| Physician – Pediatrician | 162 (29.6%) | 162 (48.8%) | - | |
| Nurse Practitioner | 108 (19.7%) | - | 108 (50.0%) | |
| Physician Assistant | 108 (19.7%) | - | 108 (50.0%) | |
| Age (Years) | Mean (SD) | 43.2 (8.1) | 44.9 (8.5) | 40.6 (6.5) |
| Median (Q1 to Q3) | 41 (38 to 46) | 43 (39 to 48) | 40 (36 to 44) | |
| Range | 24 to 76 | 30 to 76 | 24 to 64 | |
| Gender, n (%) | Male | 317 (57.9%) | 219 (66.0%) | 98 (45.4%) |
| Race*b, n (%) | White | 424 (77.4%) | 248 (74.7%) | 176 (81.5%) |
| Black or African American | 59 (10.8%) | 36 (10.8%) | 23 (10.7%) | |
| Asian | 49 (8.9%) | 37 (11.1%) | 12 (5.6%) | |
| Othera | 13 (2.4%) | 8 (2.4%) | 5 (2.3%) | |
| Prefer not to answer | 3 (0.6%) | 3 (0.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Practice Location, n (%) | Urban | 382 (69.7%) | 217 (65.4%) | 165 (76.4%) |
| Suburban | 157 (28.7%) | 108 (32.5%) | 49 (22.7%) | |
| Rural | 9 (1.6%) | 7 (2.1%) | 2 (0.9%) | |
| Number of pediatric patients (age<24 months) HCP personally sees per month, n (%) | <10 | 62 (11.3%) | 41 (12.4%) | 21 (9.7%) |
| 10–20 | 57 (10.4%) | 33 (9.9%) | 24 (11.1%) | |
| 20–50 | 228 (41.6%) | 137 (41.3%) | 91 (42.1%) | |
| 50–100 | 193 (35.2%) | 119 (35.8%) | 74 (34.3%) | |
| >100 | 8 (1.5%) | 2 (0.6%) | 6 (2.8%) | |
| Years in practice since completion of residency | Mean (SD) | 12.5 (6.6) | 14.2 (6.9) | 9.9 (4.7) |
| Median (Q1 to Q3) | 11 (8 to 15) | 12 (10 to 17) | 9 (7 to 12) | |
| Range | 2 to 39 | 3 to 39 | 2 to 36 | |
| Type of practiceb, n (%) | Solo/duo practice | 134 (24.5%) | 100 (30.1%) | 34 (15.7%) |
| Group practice | 197 (36.0%) | 131 (39.5%) | 66 (30.6%) | |
| Hospital owned | 212 (38.7%) | 106 (31.9%) | 106 (49.1%) | |
| Federally Qualified Health Center | 75 (13.7%) | 34 (10.2%) | 41 (19.0%) | |
| Academic health center | 76 (13.9%) | 38 (11.5%) | 38 (17.6%) | |
| Integrated delivery network | 11 (2.0%) | 5 (1.5%) | 6 (2.8%) | |
| Institution incentivized to improve immunization rate*, n (%) | Yes, via pay for performance or quality indicators | 293 (53.5%) | 161 (48.5%) | 132 (61.1%) |
| No | 212 (38.7%) | 144 (43.4%) | 68 (31.5%) | |
| Don’t know | 43 (7.9%) | 27 (8.1%) | 16 (7.4%) | |
| Estimated insurance mix of patients*, mean | Public insurance | 50.8% | 48.6% | 54.3% |
| Private insurance | 37.7% | 40.2% | 33.9% | |
| Self-pay | 11.5% | 11.2% | 11.9% | |
| Percentage of pediatric patients (age<24 months) with underlying conditions, mean | No chronic conditions | 50.9% | 62.3% | 33.4% |
| Cerebrospinal fluid leak | 5.4% | 3.7% | 8.0% | |
| Cochlear implant | 5.6% | 4.0% | 8.0% | |
| Diabetes | 6.5% | 4.7% | 9.1% | |
| Immunocompromised (such as HIV, cancer, taking immunosuppressants, asplenia) | 6.9% | 4.7% | 10.2% | |
| Sickle cell disease | 6.0% | 4.1% | 8.9% | |
| Severe asthma | 5.4% | 4.2% | 7.3% | |
| Other chronic condition(s) | 13.3% | 12.3% | 15.1% |
Abbreviations: HCP: Healthcare provider; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; SD: Standard deviation; Q1: First quartile; Q3: Third quartile.
*Due to rounding, values do not add up to 100.0%.
aOther includes the following categories: American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and Middle Eastern or North African.
bMultiple options allowed.