Table 1.

Characteristics of HIV Care Providers in the United States.^a,^b

Provider Characteristic	Sample size	Weighted %c	95% CI
Qualifications and practice experience
Certification type
Physician board-certified in infectious diseases (ID)	564	44.5	37.3–51.7
Physician board-certified in other specialty	319	30.0	22.8–37.3
Nurse practitioner	217	15.2	10.3–20.1
Physician assistant	63	5.4	2.6–8.2
Physician without board certification	61	4.8	2.2–7.4
Type of physician board certificationd
Infectious diseases	564	59.7	51.1–68.3
Internal medicine	164	20.0	15.2–24.9
Family medicine	102	17.0	11.2–22.7
Pediatrics	33	1.6	0.9–2.3
Other specialty	20	1.7c	0.5–2.9
HIV patients for whom you provide continuous and direct care
≤20	103	15.1	9.5–20.7
21–50	186	19.6	14.4–24.8
51–200	479	39.0	34.2–43.8
>200	437	26.3	20.4–32.1
Years since starting to care for HIV patients
0–5	231	17.6	13.1–22.0
6–10	196	17.7	13.9–21.6
11–20	428	36.1	32.1–40.0
>20	365	28.6	24.6–32.6
HIV specialist (based on criteria of HIVMA or AAHIV-S)	865	57.8	51.2–64.4
Provide primary care	1094	83.1	78.4–87.8
Practice in facility that receives Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funding	784	47.5	35.4–59.6
Work in private practice	300	41.9	33.3–50.6
Demographics
Age, years
<40	211	17.5	12.9–22.2
40–49	326	24.0	21.2–26.8
50–59	453	38.4	32.3–44.6
60+	204	20.1	14.8–25.3
Gender
Male	620	56.5	49.6–63.5
Female	585	43.5	36.5–50.4
Race/ethnicity
White	783	62.9	55.8–70.0
Black/African American	89	10.8e	3.8–17.7
Hispanic	158	10.7e	3.5–17.8
Other	179	15.6	10.7–20.6
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight	980	85.1	81.0–89.2
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual	211	14.9	10.8–19.0
Professional satisfaction
Always or usually has sufficient time to provide HIV care to:
New patients	877	76.0	71.6–80.4
Established patients	894	74.8	70.7–78.9
Satisfied or very satisfied with:
Support and coverage from other HIV providers	906	68.0	63.9–72.2
Availability of specialists for consultation and referral	815	65.2	60.1–70.4
Effort required to keep up with clinical and/or pharmaceutical advances	732	57.8	53.2–62.5
Work schedule/on-call responsibilities	751	57.2	53.5–60.9
Support services to assist with patient management	667	49.6	44.4–54.8
Salary and reimbursement	432	36.7	30.4–43.0
Amount of time required and available for documentation/administrative work	387	32.8	26.9–38.6

Abbreviations: No., sample size; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; HIVMA, HIV Medicine Association; AAHIV-S, American Academy of HIV Medicine Practicing HIV Specialist; MMP, medical monitoring project.

^aN = 1234.

^bThe 2013–2014 MMP provider survey.

^cValues exclude “don’t know” responses.

^dPhysicians (MDs and DOs) who were board certified in infectious diseases and another specialty were classified as ID physicians.

^eCoefficient of variation is greater than 0.30, estimate may be unreliable. Physicians (MDs and DOs) who were board certified in infectious diseases (IDs) and another specialty were classified as ID physicians.