Table 1. Physician and practice characteristics of survey respondents.
| Study population | ||
| N | % | |
| Surveyed | 1157 | |
| No. of respondents (rate) | 247 | 21 |
| Questionnaires in final analysis # | 172 | |
| Physician characteristics | ||
| Mean age (range) | 51 | (39–67) |
| Males | 126 | 73 |
| Degree | ||
| GP (b.c.) | 109 | 63 |
| General internal medicine (b.c.) | 51 | 30 |
| Practitioner without degree (b.e.) | 8 | 5 |
| Additional qualifications * | ||
| Travel medicine | 35 | 20 |
| Complementary medicine | 37 | 22 |
| Palliative care | 38 | 22 |
| Other (ε26) | 68 | 40 |
| Physician vaccination within last 2 yrs | 129 | 75 |
| Family member vaccination within last 2 yrs | 152 | 88 |
| Practice characteristics | ||
| Practice setting | ||
| Solo | 75 | 44 |
| Group/2-person | 58 | 34 |
| Group/≥3-person | 37 | 22 |
| Has physicians in training | 30 | 17 |
| Academic affiliation | 101 | 59 |
| No. of patients in practice (quarterly) | ||
| ≤1000 | 37 | 22 |
| 1001–1500 | 54 | 31 |
| ≥1501 | 79 | 46 |
| Team member vaccination within last 2 yrs | 159 | 92 |
*Multiple response.
#
The final analysis included completed questionnaires only.
b.c.: board certified.
b.e.: board eligible.