TABLE 1.

Qualifications and Experience of HIV Care Providers in the United States, MMP Provider Survey, 2013–2014 (N = 1234)

	No.	Weighted %*	95% CI
Certification type
ID board–certified physician†	564	44.5	37.3 to 51.7
Other board-certified physician	319	30.0	22.8 to 37.3
Nurse practitioner	217	15.2	10.3 to 20.1
Physician assistant	63	5.4	2.6 to 8.2
Non–board-certified physician	61	4.8	2.2 to 7.4
HIV specialist (HIVMA criteria or AAHIV-S)	865	57.8	51.2 to 64.4
Provides primary care	1094	83.1	78.4 to 87.8
HIV patients for whom you provide continuous and direct care
≤20	103	15.1	9.5 to 20.7
21–50	186	19.6	14.4 to 24.8
51–200	479	39.0	34.2 to 43.8
>200	437	26.3	20.4 to 32.1
Years caring for HIV patients
0–5	231	17.6	13.1 to 22.0
6–10	196	17.7	13.9 to 21.6
11–20	428	36.1	32.1 to 40.0
>20	365	28.6	24.6 to 32.6
Comanagement of patients
Provides expert assistance	527	36.9	30.5 to 43.2
Receives expert assistance	241	25.3	19.5 to 31.0
Caseload of ≤20 patients and receives expert assistance	52	52.2	38.1 to 66.4
Somewhat or strongly agree that availability of medication provided is sufficient to meet patients’ HIV treatment need:
ADAP	1008	91.1	87.5 to 94.8
Medicare prescription drug plan	778	72.8	67.7 to 77.8
Medicaid	882	81.3	76.7 to 85.9
Commercial insurance	719	71.3	65.4 to 77.3
Pharmaceutical industry drug assistance plans	525	59.2	52.4 to 66.0
Works in an RWHAP-funded facility	784	47.5	35.4 to 59.6
Works in a private practice	300	41.9	33.3 to 50.6

^*Values exclude “don’t know” responses.

^†Physicians (MDs and DOs) who were board certified in ID and another specialty were classified as ID physicians.

AAHIV-S, AAHIVM Practicing HIV Specialist; HIVMA, HIV Medicine Association; Wt., weighted.