Table 2.
Case 1: Physician Characteristics
| All Respondents n(%) | P Value | Would Not Refer*n(%) | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 671 (72.9) | 468 (87.6) | ||
| Gender | .12 | .55 | ||
| Male | 481 (71.7) | 330 (86.8) | ||
| Female | 177 (77.0) | 126 (89.4) | ||
| Race/ethnicity | .19 | .62 | ||
| White | 484 (74.5) | 339 (88.3) | ||
| African American | 21 (61.8) | 17 (85.0) | ||
| Latino | 34 (77.3) | 27 (90.0) | ||
| Other | 112 (68.7) | 67 (83.4) | ||
| Specialty | .001 | .08 | ||
| Internal medicine | 261 (57.1) | 96 (82.8) | ||
| Infectious disease | 410 (88.2) | 372 (89.0) | ||
| HIV experience | .001 | .12 | ||
| None | 2 (18.2) | 0 (0) | ||
| Low | 62 (46.3) | 4 (66.7) | ||
| Moderate | 331 (72.1) | 193 (86.2) | ||
| High | 270 (87.7) | 267 (89.3) | ||
| Practice type | .14 | .94 | ||
| Hospital-based | 307 (76.4) | 221 (88.1) | ||
| Private practice | 223 (70.1) | 155 (88.1) | ||
| Other | 130 (71.4) | 85 (86.7) | ||
| Location | .72 | .59 | ||
| New York | 248 (73.6) | 171 (89.1) | ||
| California | 211 (70.6) | 153 (85.5) | ||
| Massachusetts | 121 (75.2) | 76 (90.5) | ||
| Florida | 91 (73.4) | 68 (86.1) | ||
| Age,y | .20 | .13 | ||
| <45 | 399 (74.4) | 285 (89.1) | ||
| ≥45 | 272 (70.6) | 183 (85.5) |
*
Excludes physicians who stated that they would refer the patient to another physician for management of HIV/AIDS.