Table 1.
Characteristics of survey respondents.
| Demographic | n=636 | % |
|---|---|---|
| Physician characteristics | ||
| Practice specialty | ||
| Pediatric emergency medicine | 336 | 47 |
| General emergency medicine | 161 | 22 |
| Pediatric neurosurgery | 58 | 8 |
| General neurosurgery | 21 | 3 |
| Pediatric surgery | 76 | 11 |
| Trauma surgery | 48 | 7 |
| Other | 15 | 2 |
| Years in practice | ||
| 0–5 years | 173 | 24 |
| 6–10 years | 167 | 24 |
| 11–15 years | 144 | 20 |
| > 15 years | 231 | 32 |
| Percentage of patients that are children | ||
| 0–10% | 83 | 12 |
| 11%–30% | 151 | 21 |
| 31%–50% | 25 | 3 |
| 51%–95% | 51 | 7 |
| > 95% | 405 | 57 |
| Hospital characteristics | ||
| Annual ED pediatric volume | ||
| < 20,000 | 166 | 23 |
| 20,000–40,000 | 190 | 27 |
| 40,000–60,000 | 177 | 25 |
| > 60,000 | 182 | 25 |
| Practice setting* | ||
| Children’s hospital | 416 | 58 |
| General hospital | 220 | 31 |
| Private hospital | 143 | 20 |
| Academic hospital | 481 | 67 |
| Geographic location | ||
| Urban (> 50,000 pop) | 651 | 91 |
| Non-urban (< 50,000 pop) | 64 | 9 |
ED, emergency department
*
Total greater than 100% as some respondents indicated multiple practice settings