Table 1.

Physician characteristics

Physician characteristics	Percentage
Age mean (SD)	46.4 (7.3)
Sex (male)	82.0
Primary specialty
Medicine	60.0
Surgery	14.8
Anesthesia	22.6
Other	2.6
Number of years in practice
0 to 5	22.4
6 to 10	30.0
11 to 15	19.3
>15	28.3
Number weeks worked in ICU
0 to 10	74.0
11 to 20	58.7
>20	18.3
Academic affiliation
University	74.1
Community	25.9

There were 232 respondents in total. ICU, intensive care unit; SD, standard deviation.