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. 2013 Oct;22(10):853–861. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4388

Table 2.

Participant Characteristics

  Completers n=75 Noncompleters n=291 p
Degree
 MD 85% 76% <0.001*
 DO 5% 4%  
 PA 9% 14%  
 NP 0% 5%  
Specialty
 Endocrinology 23% 14% <0.001*
 Family/General Practice 15% 31%  
 Internal Medicine 44% 22%  
 OB/GYN 1% 4%  
 Other 17% 28%  
Type of practice
 Solo practice 28% 28% 0.807*
 Group practice<5 physicians 24% 22%  
 Group practice>5 physicians 21% 17%  
 Institutionally salaried (hospital/clinic) 19% 22%  
 Institutionally salaried (HMO/managed care/insurance company) 1% 4%  
 Other 7% 7%  
Years in practice
 <1 0% 4% 0.257*
 1–10 36% 29%  
 11–20 35% 34%  
 21–30 20% 19%  
 >30 9% 14%  
Average number of patients with osteoporosis seen each week
 Mean 12 11 0.326
 Median (range) 10 (1–45) 8 ( 0–100)  
Provision of direct, consultative, or administrative care for patients with osteoporosis 98% 88% 0.032
Approximate percentage of patients prescribed antiresorptive drug therapy if the patient has or is at risk of osteoporosis§
 <10 % 4% 20% <0.001*
 10%–25% 1% 8%  
 26%–50% 8% 11%  
 51%–75% 13% 13%  
 76%–90% 37% 19%  
 >90% 36% 29%  
*

p value applies to the change within the group of data analyzed.

n=51

n=190

§

Defined as the patient having any of the following characteristics: a T-score of −2.5 or lower, history of prior fracture, low bone mass, and at least one factor associated with a high risk of fracture, or low bone mass and a FRAX 10-year major osteoporosis-related fracture risk of at least 20%.

HMO, health maintenance organization; MD, medical doctor; DO, doctor of osteopathy; NP, nurse practitioner; OB/GYN, obstetrics/gynecology; PA, physician assistant.