Table 3.

Demographic characteristics of physicians by country: Continuing to Confront COPD International Survey, 2012–2013

	Total n=1,307		USA n=200		Mexico n=101		Brazil n=101		France n=100		Germany n=100		Italy n=100
	PCP %	RS %	PCP %	RS %	PCP %	RS %	PCP %	RS %	PCP %	RS %	PCP %	RS %	PCP %	RS %
Male	75	77	68	96	75	69	79	62	84	65	65	84	74	81
Patient setting
Outpatient*	86	67	99	80	61	77	77	85	93	50	87	60	100	69
Inpatient†	14	33	1	20	39	23	23	15	7	50	13	40	0	31
Type of practice
Single specialty	42	50	69	76	37	65	29	50	49	77	20	40	66	81
Multispecialty	56	48	31	25	61	35	67	50	51	23	77	60	34	15
Other	1	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4
Graduated medical school
Before 1980	11	13	9	29	4	12	11	19	12	0	13	0	31	23
1980s	35	30	35	57	9	23	17	19	46	35	31	32	58	31
1990s	26	35	36	10	5	39	25	35	19	50	36	52	5	31
2000 or after	25	21	19	4	75	23	45	27	20	15	11	12	5	12
Practice location
Central city	37	55	18	39	81	85	79	81	31	31	24	52	27	46
Suburb/small city/town	53	43	72	57	15	15	21	19	41	69	52	44	73	54
Rural area	10	2	11	4	4	0	0	0	28	0	24	4	0	0
Continuing COPD education, yes	71	88	85	96	55	96	39	89	61	73	89	100	88	100
Percentage of patients seen with COPD
>50%	2	27	1	18	3	23	3	15	0	19	3	32	1	54
31%–50%	6	32	3	47	4	27	8	31	2	54	4	32	3	27
11%–30%	30	34	28	32	44	35	41	50	20	19	40	36	17	4
≤10%	63	7	68	2	49	15	48	4	77	8	53	0	80	15
Use term “COPD” when discussing diagnosis with patients, yes	91	95	99	100	97	100	85	100	88	92	95	100	53	77

Notes:

^*Includes ambulatory care clinic

^†includes hospital-based clinic.

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PCP, primary care physician; RS, respiratory specialist.