Table 1.
Characteristics of pediatricians participating in focus groups by site.
| Pediatrician Characteristics | Seattle (N = 12) |
Rochester (N = 16) |
Cincinnati (N = 17) |
Total (N = 45) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average number of years since residency (years) | 10.2 | 15.6 | 18.0 | 15.4 range (1-39) |
| Description of practice | ||||
| Solo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Private group | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| Non-profit community | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Medical school-based practice | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Hospital-based practice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Average number of full-time physicians in practice | 23.7 | 3.9 | 7.9 | 10.7 range (1-75) |
| Location of practice | ||||
| Urban | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| Suburban | 3 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| Average number of newborns (<1 month old) enrolled in practice last month | 77.9 | 22.3 | 39.7 | 43.7 range (3-300) |
| Average percentage of children with public insurance/Medicaid in practice | 27% | 27% | 40% | 32% |
| Average percentage of children eligible for Vaccines For Children (VFC) in practice | 35% | 31% | 41% | 36% |
| Which rotavirus vaccine do you use? | ||||
| RotaTeq™ | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| Rotarix® | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Both | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Neither | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Before rotavirus vaccine was available, rotavirus was the most common cause of severe infectious diarrhea in children <2 years old in the U.S. | ||||
| (% agreed) | ||||
| Strongly agree (1) | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| Somewhat agree (2) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Somewhat disagree (3) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Strongly disagree (4) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Average score | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
| Before rotavirus vaccine was available, rotavirus was responsible for more hospitalizations annually than influenza. | ||||
| (% agreed) | ||||
| Strongly agree (1) | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| Somewhat agree (2) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| Somewhat disagree (3) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Strongly disagree (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Average score | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 |