Table 2.

Demographic and medical practice characteristics of the quantitative phase (n=128).

Variable	Percentage
Primary Care Physician Demographics
Average age (SD) (n=115)	45.7 years (10.62)
Gender (n=127)
Male	51.2%
Female	48.8%
Medical school affiliation (n=127)
Yes	74.0%
No	26.0%
Ethnicity (n=125)
White	44.0%
Non-White	56.0%
Latino (n=125)	15.2%
Medical Practice Characteristics
Practice borough
Brooklyn	17.2%
Bronx	51.6%
Manhattan	17.2%
Queens	12.5%
Staten Island	1.6%
Practice type
Family practice	18.8%
Internal medicine	64.1%
Geriatric medicine	5.5%
Obstetrics and gynecology	3.1%
Other	8.6%
Practice structure*
Privately owned by you	1.6%
Privately owned by multiple physicians (i.e., group practice)	0.8%
Part of a multi-site practice that is corporate-owned	9.4%
A hospital-owned out-patient practice	64.8%
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)	27.3%
Health and Hospitals Corporation	5.5%
Patient Population Characteristics
Patient load per week (n=123)
Less than 50 patients per week	41.5%
50 patients or more per week	58.5%
Practices where 50% or more of the patients are 50 years or older	11.8%
Practices where at least 50% of patients have Medicare	12.6%
Practices where at least 50% of patients have Medicaid	44.1%
Cancer Screening and Referral Practices
Mean proportion of patients referred for further cancer diagnosis workup (SD)	5.8 (6.09)
PCP patient referral practices for oncologists*
Personally recommends a specific oncologist or oncology practice	47.7%
Sends the patient to support staff for list of possible oncologists/practices	35.2%
Recommends the patient use their insurance company’s referral system	11.7%
Other	20.3%

^*Indicates a category in which providers could check all that apply, so may total to more than 100%