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. 2017 Jan 19;17:21. doi: 10.1186/s12890-017-0367-9

Table 1.

Demographics of respondents to surveys, grouped by Program type

All Respondentsa
N = 114
Adult Programs
N = 57
Affiliate Programs
N = 12
Pediatric Programs
N = 43
Program size, n (%)b
 < 50 adult patients 38 (33%) 4 (7%) 11 (92%) 22 (51%)
 50–99 adult patients 31 (27%) 18 (32%) 0 13 (30%)
 100–199 adult patients 27 (24%) 21 (37%) 1 (8%) 5 (12%)
 ≥ 200 adult patients 17 (15%) 13 (23%) 0 3 (7%)
Percent referred/yearc, Median (IQR) 3.5% (2.0%–6.4%) 3.2% (2.5%–5.8%) 5.0% (3.3%–7.5%) 3.3% (0–10.0%)
Distance to lung transplant center, n (%)
 Direct affiliation 39 (34%) 27 (47%) 2 (17%) 9 (21%)
 < 30 min 16 (14%) 6 (11%) 1 (8%) 9 (21%)
 30–75 min 18 (16%) 10 (18%) 0 8 (19%)
 75–150 min 16 (14%) 7 (12%) 3 (25%) 5 (12%)
 > 150 min 25 (22%) 7 (12%) 6 (50%) 12 (28%)
Years independently practicing CF medicine, n (%)
 < 5 years 13 (11%) 9 (16%) 0 3 (7%)
 5 to < 10 years 19 (17%) 13 (23%) 2 (17%) 4 (9%)
 10 to < 15 years 21 (18%) 12 (21%) 1 (8%) 7 (16%)
 ≥ 15 years 61 (54%) 23 (40%) 9 (75%) 29 (67%)

IQR interquartile range, CF cystic fibrosis

aTwo respondents did not report Program type

bOne adult Program did not report size of the Program

cCalculated by division of number of referrals by total number of adult patients followed by program(s)