Table 1.
Characteristics of survey respondents
| Demographic information | Number of respondents (percentage) |
|---|---|
| Male | 1554 (59·4) |
| Age | Mean = 47·1; median = 47; mode = 48 |
| Medical specialty | |
| Internal medicine | 1563 (59·0) |
| Pediatrics | 888 (33·5) |
| Family practice | 80 (3·0) |
| Medicine/Pediatrics | 36 (1·4) |
| Emergency medicine | 116 (4·4) |
| Primary practice site | |
| Outpatient office or clinic | 2297 (87·2) |
| Inpatient hospital setting | 172 (6·5) |
| Emergency room | 127 (4·8) |
| Nursing home or other residential institution | 39 (1·5) |
| Affiliation with an academic institution | 1156 (43·9) |
| Community type | |
| Urban | 1044 (39·7) |
| Suburban | 1175 (44·6) |
| Rural | 413 (15·7) |
| Most common insurance plan among patients | |
| Private insurance | 987 (37·6) |
| HMO | 466 (17·8) |
| Medicaid and medicare | 950 (36·2) |
| Uninsured | 116 (4·4) |
HMO, Health Maintenance Organization.