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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2012 Jun;6(2):159–165. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e31824339fc

Table 2.

Physician Characteristics by HIV Testing, n=382

Characteristic Conducted
HIV
Testing
46% (N=175)
Did Not
Conduct
HIV Testing
54% (N=207)
p-value
Physician Race, %(n) .73
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1% (2) 2% (3)
      Asian 12% (20) 8% (15)
      African American 5% (9) 5% (10)
      Pacific Islander 0% (0) 0.5% (1)
      White 77% (132) 80% (159)
      Others 5% (9) 6% (12)
Physician Hispanic ethnicity, %(n) 3% (5) 5% (10) .31
Physician male gender, %(n) 71% (124) 77% (159) .19
Physician certified addiction training, %(n) 36% (61) 22% (43) .004
Specialty (not mutually exclusive)
      Internal Medicine, %(n) 23% (40) 16% (34) .12
      Family practice, %(n) 35% (62) 33% (69) .67
      HIV/ID 6% (10) 2% (5) .11
      Addiction medicine, %(n) 33% (58) 19% (39) .001
      Psychiatry, %(n) 29% (51) 35% (72) .24
Percent of time on patient treatment, mean (SD) 78% (23%) 82% (22%) .03
Years since graduation, mean (SD) 23.98 (10.6) 24.52 (11.5) .64
Years prescribing buprenorphine, %(n) .02
      ≤3 Years 66% (114) 77%% (159)
      >3 Years 34% (59) 23% (47)
*

Bold text indicates statistical significance at the p<0.05 level.