Table 1.
Distribution of patient characteristics, practices, and guidelines, as reported by physicians (N = 80), Greater San Francisco Bay Area, 2005–2006
| Characteristics, practices, guidelines | N | None | A Few (<20%) | Several | Most (>90%) |
| % * | % * | % * | % * | ||
| Race/Ethnicity of patients treated over last 2 years | |||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 75 | 1.3 | 9.3 | 60.0 | 29.3 |
| Hispanic | 76 | 6.6 | 31.6 | 60.5 | 1.3 |
| African American/Black | 77 | 9.1 | 52.0 | 39.0 | 0.0 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 78 | 1.3 | 21.8 | 65.4 | 11.5 |
| Patient decision-making preferences for treatment | |||||
| Patient alone | 76 | 18.4 | 51.3 | 17.1 | 13.2 |
| Patient with physician input | 78 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 39.7 | 50.0 |
| Shared decision | 78 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 38.5 | 46.2 |
| Physician with patient input | 76 | 13.2 | 60.5 | 21.0 | 5.3 |
| Physician alone | 77 | 45.4 | 42.9 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
| Hospital has facility-specific clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for patients | Yes | No | |||
| 80 | 27.5 | 72.5 | |||
| Number of patients for whom physicians employ these CPG (among practices with CPGs, N = 23) | 23 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 4.4 | 87.0 |
| Number of stage I and II breast cancer patients treated with MRM | 74 | 1.4 | 68.9 | 25.7 | 4.0 |
*Missing responses not included in percent calculations.