Table 1.
Respondent Characteristics (N = 887 Physicians)*
| Age, Mean (Range), Years | 48 (28–84) |
| Male (%) | 73 |
| Race (%) | |
| Caucasian or white | 75 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 14 |
| African American or black | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
| Specialty (%) | |
| Internal medicine or general practice | 29 |
| Pediatrics | 15 |
| Obstetrics/gynecology | 15 |
| Family practice | 3 |
| Other | 38 |
| Board certified (%) | 85 |
| Primary practice site (%)† | |
| Solo | 20 |
| Single-specialty | 27 |
| Multi-specialty | 13 |
| Community health clinic | 7 |
| Group/staff model HMO | 8 |
| Private hospital | 9 |
| Medical school or university hospital | 19 |
| State or local government hospital | 6 |
| Other | 8 |
| Size of patient panel, mean | 2,600 |
| Number of patients seen daily, mean | 21 |
*
Column totals may be >100 due to rounding.
†
More than one may apply; frequencies weighted for sampling design.