Table 4.

Physician perceptions of SCD by number of patients with SCD.

	Physicians with no SCD patients	Physicians with 1 or more SCD patients	P value
Comfort managing patients	Comfortable	Comfortable
Overall management, %	9.8	36.1	<0.0001
RBC transfusions, %	21.8	45.1	<0.0001
HSCT, %	0.2	1.3	0.026
Hydroxyurea treatment, %	14.2	30.4	<0.0001
Pain management, %	39.0	61.7	<0.0001
Complication concerns	Concerned	Concerned
Iron overload, %	58.5	64.3	0.07
Stroke, %	75.3	80.7	0.04
Atherosclerosis, %	45.4	46.7	0.70
Pneumonia, %	67.3	77.6	0.0004
Willing to comanage patient with specialist	Likely	Likely
Pediatric patients, %	76.5	84.1	0.003
Adult patients, %	70.1	64.5	0.07
Impact of CDS on willingness to manage SCD patients	Likely	Likely
Pediatric patients, %	23.5	28.8	0.06
Adult patients, %	30.8	38.7	0.01
Perceived utility of CDS for SCD patient care	Useful	Useful
Diagnosis	26.9	17.0	0.0003
Treatment	68.9	70.1	0.71
Avoiding complications	72.2	73.2	0.72