Table 2.
Characteristics of physician respondents
| Physician/Practice Characteristic (N = 153) | Value |
|---|---|
| Responding physician characteristics | |
| Yr in practice, mean (SD) | 14 (±6.7) |
| Percent of time spent in direct clinical care, mean (SD) | 94 (±7.3) |
| Practice characteristics | |
| No. of physicians in practice, mean (SD)* | 43 (±112.3) |
| No. of pulmonologists in practice, mean (SD) | 6 (±5.2) |
| No. of pulmonologist by region, n (%) | |
| Northeast | 36 (23.5) |
| Midwest | 31 (20.3) |
| South Atlantic | 32 (20.9) |
| South Central | 20 (13.1) |
| Mountain | 9 (5.9) |
| Pacific | 25 (16.3) |
| Hospital affiliation, n (%)† | |
| Academic medical center | 43 (28.1) |
| Community teaching hospital | 59 (38.6) |
| Community (nonteaching) hospital | 58 (37.9) |
| Other‡ | 3 (2.0) |
| No. of beds in primary hospital affiliation, mean (SD) | |
| Academic medical center | 505 (±235.0) |
| Community teaching hospital | 409 (±218.8) |
| Community (nonteaching) hospital | 304 (±160.2) |
| Patient population characteristics | |
| No. of patients seen per mo, mean (SD) | 344 (±145.6) |
| No. of patients with pulmonary nodules per mo, mean (SD) | 58 (±51.6) |
| No. of patients with newly identified pulmonary nodules per mo, mean (SD) | 28 (±23.3) |
*
One respondent reported 999 physicians in practice, and response could not be verified.
†
Respondents may be affiliated with more than one hospital type.
‡
Other hospital types included long-term acute care hospital, Veterans Affairs medical center, and military teaching hospital.