Table 1.
—Baseline Characteristics of Survey Respondents and Transplant Centers
| Variable | Respondents |
| Role | |
| Pulmonologist | 111 (70) |
| Surgeon | 27 (17) |
| Other | 20 (13) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 112 (71) |
| Female | 46 (29) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 45.1 (8.6) |
| Years in practice, mean (SD), y | 11.3 (9) |
| Transplants/y at center | |
| 1-9 | 27 (17.2) |
| 10-19 | 40 (25.2) |
| 20-29 | 17 (10.8) |
| 30-39 | 22 (14.0) |
| 40-49 | 17 (10.8) |
| > 50 | 34 (21.7) |
| Practice location | |
| United States | 99 (62.7) |
| Non-United States | 59 (37.3) |
| Africa | 1 (0.6) |
| Asia | 6 (3.8) |
| Australia | 5 (3.2) |
| Canada | 13 (8.2) |
| Europe | 34 (21.5) |
| Stage of care | |
| Patients referred for lung transplant | 141 (89.2) |
| Patients listed for lung transplant | 139 (88.0) |
| Lung transplant surgery | 48 (30.4) |
| Lung transplant recipients immediately after surgery | 138 (87.3) |
| Outpatient/long-term follow-up of lung transplant recipients | 130 (82.3) |
| None of the above | 3 (1.9) |
| Other clinical activities constituting > 10% of practice | |
| Critical care | 83 (52.5) |
| Palliative/hospice care | 9 (5.7) |
| End-stage lung disease (not transplant candidates) | 74 (46.8) |
Data are presented as No. (%) unless indicated otherwise. n < 158 for items not answered by all transplant physicians in our respondent group. Percentages exceed 100% for items with multiple nonexclusive response options.