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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2015 Sep 26;15(6):613–620. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2015.08.006

Table 1.

Physician and Practice Characteristics By Survey Year, and Bivariate Associations with Percent Positively Endorsing 6-7 Barriers to Identifying, Treating/Managing and Referring Child MH Conditions by Survey Year (Weighted Percentages)

2004 (n=687) 2013 (n=510)
2004
(n=687)
2013
(n=510)
p-val Endorsed
6-7 barriers
p-val Endorsed
6-7 barriers
p-val
Total: 100% 100% 34.1% 26.4%
Physician characteristics
Sex
 Male 47.8 38.8 .0022 31.9 .2507 25.3 .6505
 Female 52.2 61.2 36.1 27.2
Age (yrs)
 <40 37.0 32.5 .1681 37.7 .1478 27.2 .6597
 40-49 28.3 31.1 36.3 27.9
 50-59 23.6 22.1 27.9 21.9
 ≥60 11.1 14.3 29.4 28.7
Race/Ethnicity
 Caucasian 71.6 71.9 .8044 34.6 .2882 25.6 .4457
 Asian 14.6 13.5 37.7 32.8
 Other/Unknown 13.8 14.6 27.4 24.9
Years in Practice
 1-4 26.7 21.8 .2406 30.1 .0215 27.3 .8011
 5-9 16.9 16.7 46.4 28.7
 10-19 27.2 28.5 37.7 28.1
 ≥20 29.2 33.1 31.2 23.8
Year completed residency training
 <1998 67.1 43.1 <.0001 34.9 .5116 25.3 .6113
 ≥1998 32.9 56.9 32.4 27.3
Practice characteristics
Area
 Urban 44.3 51.8 .0205 27.0 .0003 24.8 .0985
 Suburban 42.5 38.9 43.5 30.9
 Rural 13.2 9.3 33.6 16.2
Region
 Northeast 27.3 22.0 .2181 37.2 .3915 27.9 .7293
 Midwest 20.8 21.7 31.5 22.7
 South 33.0 36.4 36.0 28.4
 West 18.9 19.9 29.1 25.5
Type of Practice
 1 or 2 physicians 15.4 8.6 .0006 38.8 .0003 26.2 .9312
 Pediatric group practice 36.0 34.1 42.8 27.6
 Multi-specialty 11.0 16.0 25.3 27.9
 Other 37.6 41.3 26.4 25.0
Time in general pediatrics
 None (0%) 17.7 27.4 <.0001 18.7 <.0001 14.2 <.0001
 Some (1%-99%) 15.1 9.3 24.0 14.9
 Exclusively (100%) 67.2 63.3 41.5 33.1
<100 ambulatory visits per week
 No 50.3 29.6 <.0001 40.1 .0247 29.3 .4874
 Yes 49.7 70.4 31.6 26.1
≥75% of patients are Caucasian
 No 69.5 81.5 <.0001 38.1 .0468 26.6 .7663
 Yes 30.5 18.5 29.9 28.1
Patient insurance
 <80% have private insurance 51.3 61.6 <.0001 35.4 .0596 25.9 .1302
 ≥80% have private insurance 28.7 17.9 37.6 34.2
 Unknown 20.0 20.5 25.6 21.5