Table 1.
Respondent and Non-Respondent Characteristics
| Characteristic | GIM | FP | ||
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| Respondents(n=324) | Non-Respondents (n=156) | Respondents (n=293) | Non-Respondents (n=162) | |
| Age in years, mean (SD)† | 52.9 (9.2) | 55.8 (8.2) | 54.3 (7.8) | 54.8 (8.3) |
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| Male, %* | 56 | 62 | 52 | 64 |
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| Region, %* | ||||
| Midwest | 22 | 21 | 32 | 22 |
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| Northeast | 24 | 24 | 12 | 16 |
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| South | 30 | 37 | 33 | 43 |
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| West | 24 | 18 | 23 | 19 |
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| Location of Practice, % | ||||
| Urban | 56 | 53 | 37 | 37 |
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| Suburban | 43 | 46 | 54 | 54 |
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| Rural | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
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| Setting, %† | ||||
| Private practice | 75 | 87 | 68 | 71 |
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| Hospital/clinic | 21 | 11 | 23 | 18 |
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| HMO | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
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| # of providers in your practice, %† | ||||
| 1 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2–4 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 31 |
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| 5–10 | 28 | 27 | 37 | 34 |
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| ≥10 | 34 | 25 | 26 | 22 |
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| Physicians providing vaccines to adults, % | 98 | N/A | 97 | N/A |
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| Practice uses an EMR/EHR, % | 94 | N/A | 93 | N/A |
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| Proportion of patients ≥ 65,% | ||||
| <10% | 3 | N/A | 7 | N/A |
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| 10–24% | 10 | N/A | 25 | N/A |
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| 25–49% | 34 | N/A | 44 | N/A |
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| ≥50% | 53 | N/A | 23 | N/A |
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| Practice accepts Medicare, % | 94 | N/A | 96 | N/A |
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| Practice accepts Medicaid, % | 64 | N/A | 80 | N/A |
*
p<0.05 for comparison of respondents and non-respondents within FP
†
p<0.05 for comparison of respondents and non-respondents within GIM