Table 1.

Physician and practice characteristics (N = 775).

	n	%
Demographic characteristics
Female	250	32
Medical specialty
Pediatrics	410	53
Family medicine	365	47
Years practicing medicine
<20 years	351	45
≥20 years	424	55
Patients ages 11-17 seen per week
< 10	129	17
10-24	350	45
> 24	296	38
Practice characteristics
Private practice
No	115	15
Yes	650	85
Number of physicians
1	115	15
2-4	283	36
5-9	217	28
≥10	160	21
Vaccines provided that are financed by VFC
0-9%	290	37
10-49%	273	35
50% or greater	152	20
Not sure	60	8
Regularly stocks HPV vaccine
No	73	9
Yes	702	91
Dismisses families who continue to refuse adolescent vaccines1
No	684	88
Yes	91	12
Region
Northeast	184	24
Midwest	165	21
South	274	35
West	152	20

Note. VFC=Vaccines for Children program. HPV=human papillomavirus

¹Have a policy to dismiss patients or families who continue to refuse Tdap, meningococcal, or HPV vaccination.