Table 1.

Demographic and practice characteristics of responding rural primary care physicians

Characteristic	Physicians n(%)
Specialty
Family medicine	70 (92.1)
Internal medicine	6 (7.9)
Sex
Male	45 (59.2)
Female	31 (40.8)
Age (mean 40.0; SD 10.2)
29–35	39 (51.3)
36–45	15 (19.7)
46–55	15 (19.7)
≥56	7 (9.2)
% Patients >60 years in clinic (mean 38.6; SD 17.8)
0–25	21 (27.6)
26–49	32 (42.1)
≥50	23 (30.3)
% Depressed patients in clinic (mean 22.2; SD 13.9)
0–10	20 (26.3)
11–25	36 (47.4)
>25	20 (26.3)
% Depressed patients >60 years (mean 25.3; SD 16.7)
0–10	20 (26.3)
11–25	31 (40.8)
>25	25 (32.9)
Certification in geriatric medicine
Yes	4 (5.3)
No	72 (94.7)
Attended CME programs on older adults
Yes	34 (44.7)
No	42 (55.3)
Involved in teaching medical students and/or residents
Yes	44 (57.9)
No	32 (42.1)
Psychologists or counselors located in clinic/office
Yes	5 (6.6)
No	71 (93.4)

CME, Continuing medical education