Table 1.
Sociodemographics of participating health care provider groups a.
| Total | GP | GYN | GE | ONC | SURG | Others b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) c | N (%) c | N (%) c | N (%) c | N (%) c | N (%) c | N (%) c | |
| Total | 144 (100) | 18 (100) | 24 (100) | 11 (100) | 59 (100) | 27 (100) | 5 (100) |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| <50 | 84 (58) | 10 (56) | 11 (46) | 6 (55) | 37 (63) | 17 (63) | 3 (60) |
| ≥50 | 60 (42) | 8 (44) | 13 (54) | 5 (46) | 22 (37) | 10 (37) | 2 (40) |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 67 (47) | 8 (44) | 8 (33) | 0 | 37 (63) | 9 (33) | 5 (100) |
| Male | 77 (53) | 10 (56) | 16 (67) | 11 (100) | 22 (37) | 18 (67) | 0 |
| Years of Practice in Specialty | |||||||
| <10 | 59 (41) | 5 (28) | 7 (29) | 4 (36) | 27 (46) | 12 (44) | 4 (80) |
| ≥10 | 85 (59) | 13 (72) | 17 (71) | 7 (64) | 32 (54) | 15 (56) | 1 (20) |
| State d | |||||||
| NSW/ACT | 44 (31) | 6 (33) | 9 (38) | 0 | 18 (31) | 9 (33) | 3 (60) |
| VIC/TAS | 44 (31) | 2 (11) | 5 (21) | 4 (36) | 20 (34) | 11 (41) | 2 (40) |
| QLD | 29 (20) | 5 (28) | 11 (46) | 2 (18) | 9 (15) | 3 (11) | 0 |
| SA | 11 (8) | 2 (11) | 0 | 3 (27) | 6 (10) | 0 | 0 |
| WA | 16 (11) | 3 (17) | 1 (4) | 2 (18) | 6 (10) | 4 (15) | 0 |
Abbreviations: GPs general practitioners; GYNs gynaecologists; GEs gastroenterologists; ONCs oncologists; SURGs surgeons; NSW New South Wales; ACT Australian Capital Territory; VIC Victoria; TAS Tasmania; QLD Queensland; SA South Australia; WA Western Australia a Bolded estimates indicate statistically significant difference between two groups within each practice category; b Other medical specialties include cancer care coordinator (n = 1), genetic counsellor (n = 1), psycho-oncologists (n = 2), social worker (n = 1); c The % reflects the percentage responding within each practice category; d ACT and TAS were consolidated with NSW and VIC, respectively, due to low participation rate and similarity in genetic testing protocols.