Table 1.
HIV specialist (n=39) demographics and practice characteristics, Boston, 2012.
| N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 22 | 56 |
| Male | 17 | 44 | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 3 |
| Race | Asian | 8 | 21 |
| Black or African- American | 2 | 5 | |
| White | 26 | 66 | |
| Prefer not to say or Not indicated | 3 | 8 | |
| Practice setting | Community Health Center | 7 | 18 |
| Hospital-based Clinic | 32 | 82 | |
| Primary Medical Specialty | Family Medicine | 2 | 5 |
| Internal Medicine | 7 | 18 | |
| Infectious Diseases | 30 | 77 | |
| Professional status | Attending Physician | 30 | 77 |
| Clinical Fellow (Infectious Diseases) | 7 | 18 | |
| Physician Assistant | 2 | 5 | |
| Experience as HIV clinician | < 1 year | 2 | 5 |
| 1–5 years | 13 | 33 | |
| 6–10 years | 8 | 21 | |
| 11–15 years | 3 | 8 | |
| > 15 years | 13 | 33 | |
| Volume of patients with HIV infection | 1–10 patients/month | 8 | 21 |
| 11–19 patients/month | 10 | 27 | |
| 20–49 patients/month | 12 | 31 | |
| >49 patients/month | 9 | 23 |
Percentages are rounded to nearest integer.