Table 3.

Acceptability of shielding per respondent WTP

	Percentage of respondents accepting this cost
	Proprietary shielding		Lead shielding
Respondents group (%)	Non-union	Union	Non-union	Union
All respondents (100)	17.5	11.4	3.9	3.2
What is your level of training?
Residency (1.8)	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Post-residency, < 5 years (17.1)	10.4	6.3	2.1	2.1
Post-residency, 5-10 years (18.9)	20.8	15.1	3.8	3.8
Post-residency, 10+ years (62.1)	17.8	12.1	4.6	3.4
ABS membership
Yes (43.6)	18.0	9.0	2.4	1.6
No (56.4)	17.1	13.3	5.1	4.4
Attendance of a national brachytherapy conference in the past year
Yes (22.1)	32.3*	19.4*	8.1	6.5
No (77.9)	13.3	9.2	2.8	2.3
Attendance of a sponsored event with vendor of brachytherapy equipment in the past year
Yes (20.0)	26.8*	14.3	7.1	5.4
No (80.0)	15.2	10.7	3.1	2.7
Approximately, how many attending radiation oncologists are in your department?
1-5 (63.6)	13.5*	9.0	2.8*	2.2
6-10 (22.1)	19.4	11.3	3.2	3.2
11-15 (7.9)	18.2	18.2	0.0	0.0
15-20 (3.6)	50.0	30.0	20.0	10.0
20-25 (2.1)	50.0	16.7	16.7	16.7
≥ 26 (0.7)	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0

^*Statistical significance between groups.