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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2014 May;37(4):524–526. doi: 10.1007/s11239-013-1002-0

Table 1.

Demographics and characteristics of survey responders

Characteristic Number (%)
Country of Practice
  USA-based 79 (69 %)
  Non USA-based 35 (31 %)
Gender
  Male 82 (72 %)
  Female 32 (28 %)
Age (median in years, ±standard deviation) 47 ± 10.3
Board-certification
  Hematology 25 (22 %)
  Medical oncology 13 (11 %)
  Hematology/oncology 39 (34 %)
  Pediatric hematology/oncology 27 (24 %)
  Other 10 (9 %)
Job description
  Clinical researcher 52 (46 %)
  Clinician 47 (41 %)
  Clinical educator 7 (6 %)
  Basic science researcher 3 (3 %)
  other 5 (4 %)
Number of years post-fellowship training
  0–5 years 25 (22 %)
  6–10 years 22 (19 %)
  11–20 years 29 (25 %)
  21 or more years 38 (33 %)
Type of institution of Practice
  University affiliated/Public 91 (80 %)
  Private 22 (19 %)
  Military 1 (1 %)
Number of HSCT performed at the institution per year
  100 or less 62 (54 %)
  101–250 30 (26 %)
  More than 250 22 (19 %)
Institution’s approach for documentation
  Paper medical records only 7 (6 %)
  Electronic medical records only 46 (40 %)
  Mixture of electronic and paper medical records (or in transition) 61 (54 %)
Institution’s approach for provider order
  Paper order entry only 25 (22 %)
  Electronic order entry 45 (40 %)
  Mixture of electronic and paper order entry (or in transition) 44 (39 %)
Is there a cancer-specific VTE prophylaxis order set at your institution?
  Yes 37 (33 %)
  No 65 (57 %)
  Not sure 12 (11 %)
Is there a HSCT-specific VTE prophylaxis order set at your institution?
  Yes 16 (14 %)
  No 95 (83 %)
  Not sure 3 (3 %)

VTE venous thromboembolism, HSCT hematopoietic stem cell transplantation