Table 2.
Characteristics of physician respondents
| Characteristic |
Respondents No. (%) |
| Practice setting | |
| Academic teaching unit | 162/276 (58.7) |
| Not-academic teaching unit | 114/276 (41.3) |
| Method of reimbursement | |
| Fee for service | 97/263 (36.9) |
| Not-fee for service | 166/263 (63.1) |
| Geographic location | |
| Metropolitan/central city | 165/279 (59.1) |
| Metropolitan/suburban | 58/279 (20.8) |
| Small city or town | 44/279 (15.8) |
| Rural | 12/279 (4.3) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 88/277 (31.8) |
| Male | 189/277 (68.2) |
| Primary area of practice or expertise | |
| Specialty | 219/268 (81.7) |
| Medical oncology | (81/268) |
| Radiation oncology | (77/268) |
| Surgical oncology | (24/268) |
| Hematology/Hematological oncology | (20/268) |
| Gynecological oncology | (9/268) |
| Medical and hematological oncology | (3/268) |
| Non-oncologic specialists (general internal medicine, gastroenterology) | (5/268) |
| Family medicine | 49/268 (18.3) |
| Type of oncology practice | |
| Solid tumours only | 212/280 (75.7) |
| Hematological malignancies only | 12/280 (4.3) |
| Hematological malignancies and solid tumours | 56/280 (20.0) |
| Ordering Behaviour | |
| Order any MOT | 193/287 (67.2) |
| Order no MOT | 94/287 (32.8) |