Table 1.
Physician and Practice Characteristics of Survey Respondents
| Characteristic | No. | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 384 | 69% |
| Female | 172 | 31% |
| No Response | 2 | <1% |
| Medical School Training | ||
| Allopathic physicians (MD) | 504 | 90% |
| Osteopathic physicians (DO) | 44 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 10 | 2% |
| Residency Training* | ||
| Internal medicine | 310 | 56% |
| Family medicine | 214 | 38% |
| Currently a resident/fellow | 21 | 4% |
| Fellowship Training* | ||
| Geriatrics fellowship | 192 | 34% |
| Number of Years Practicing Medicine | ||
| 1 to 10 years | 122 | 22% |
| 11 to 20 years | 140 | 25% |
| >20 years | 258 | 46% |
| Still in training | 36 | 6% |
| No Response | 2 | <1% |
| Percentage of clinical time in the NH | ||
| None-10% | 64 | 12% |
| 10–25% | 175 | 31% |
| 26–50% | 139 | 25% |
| 51–75% | 72 | 13% |
| >75% | 108 | 19% |
| Number of NHs where clinical care is provided | ||
| 1 | 166 | 30% |
| 2–5 | 296 | 53% |
| >5 | 88 | 16% |
| No response | 8 | 1% |
NH = nursing home
*Residency and Fellowship training responses add up to more or less than 100% due to multiple responses and omitted responses, respectively. Others may not add up to 100% due to roundin