Table 1.
Demographics and practice characteristics of expert panel
| Demographic and practice experience | Value |
|---|---|
| Mean (range) age, years | 58 (42–82) |
| Male sex, n (%) | 21 (62) |
| Mean (range) years in practice | 25 (0–45) |
| Degree, n (%) | |
| MD | 24 (71) |
| PhD | 6 (18) |
| DNP | 2 (6) |
| PharmD | 2 (6) |
| Involved in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder research (within previous 5 years), n (%) | 22 (65) |
| Mean (range) research experience, years | 22 (0–52) |
| NIMH/NIH research grant as principal investigator, n (%) | 15 (44) |
| Principal investigator for an industry-sponsored grant, n (%) | 20 (59) |
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| Proportion of time spent seeing patients, n (%) | |
| All/majority of the time | 12 (36) |
| 50% of the time | 7 (21) |
| 25% of the time | 10 (29) |
| <10% of the time | 5 (15) |
| Practice setting(s) where significant number of patients seen,a n (%) | |
| Private practice | 8 (25) |
| Public sector | 11 (34) |
| Academic clinical or research setting | 23 (69) |
| Mean percentage of time (range) spent treating or supervising the treatment of patients, by disease | |
| Schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder | 30 (0–100) |
| Bipolar disorder | 25 (0–75) |
| Major depressive disorder | 24 (0–60) |
| Mean percentage of patients (range) with insurance coverage | |
| Private insurance | 30 (0–100) |
| Medicaid | 33 (0–75) |
| Medicare | 22 (0–70) |
| Uninsured | 15 (0–70) |
| Mean percentage of patients (range) treated by age group | |
| <18 years | 10 (0–75) |
| 18–34 years | 35 (0–55) |
| 35–65 years | 41 (0–70) |
| >65 years | 13 (0–65) |
| Mean percentage of patients (range) in practice currently receiving LAI, by disease | |
| Schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder | 33 (0–100) |
| Bipolar disorder | 11 (0–40) |
Note:
a
Some experts may have provided >1 response.
Abbreviations: LAI, long-acting injectable antipsychotic; NIMH/NIH, National Institute of Mental Health/National Institutes of Health.