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. 2016 Dec 14;10:2531–2541. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S119570

Table 1.

Respondent demographics, practice information, and prescribing information

Total respondents
(n=126)
Gender, male/female 63%/37%
Years in practice, mean (SD) 17.3 (12.4)
 Median (range) 15 (2–60)
Practice setting
 Urban 49%
 Suburban 48%
 Rural 3%
Practice type
 Group practice 50%
 Solo private practice 22%
 Hospital-based 17%
 Clinic 9%
Academic affiliation, Y/N 33%/67%
Affiliation with pituitary center, Y/N 10%/90%
Current number of acromegaly patients (as primary physician)
 Mean (SD) 11.3 (17.8)
 Median (range) 5 (1–125)
Patients personally diagnosed in the past 2 years
 Mean (SD) 3.3 (6.7)
 Median (range) 2 (0–50)
 Diagnosed ≥1 patient in past 2 years 75%
Patients referred after diagnosis by another physician
 Mean (SD) 5.4 (12.8)
 Median (range) 2 (0–90)
 Had ≥1 patient referred 79%
Number of patients initiated on drug therapy in past 12 months
 Mean (SD) 2.7 (4.2)
 Median (range) 1 (0–25)
 Physicians who have initiated ≥1 patient on drug therapy in the past 12 months 66%
 Physicians who have ever initiated ≥1 patient on drug therapy 94%
Patients currently on pharmacologic therapy
 Mean number of patients (SD) 7.8 (12.3)
 Median (range) 4 (0–75)
 Percentage of patients 70%

Abbreviations: N, no; SD, standard deviation; Y, yes.