Table 1:
Characteristics of Primary Care Clinicians, 2012 National Asthma Survey of Physicians (weighted %, SE)
| n | Total | Family/General Medicine (n=524) |
Internal Medicine (n=196) |
Pediatrics (n=302) |
CHC Mid- level Clinicians (n=333) |
Chi- square p- value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1355 | 100 (0.0) | 40.4 (2.2) | 26.0 (2.4) | 24.6 (1.9) | 9.0 (0.6) | |
| Provider age (years)a | |||||||
| <40 | 334 | 16.2 (1.5) | 14.4 (2.3) | 7.6 (2.9)† | 18.1 (3.2) | 44.2 (5.0) | <.001 |
| 40–59 | 748 | 59.9 (2.3) | 57.2 (3.5) | 69.6 (5.3) | 60.5 (4.2) | 42.7 (4.4) | |
| 60+ | 273 | 23.9 (2.1) | 28.5 (3.3) | 22.8 (4.8) | 21.4 (3.6) | 13.1 (2.7) | |
| Provider sexa,b | |||||||
| Female | 700 | 41.8 (2.2) | 35.4 (3.4) | 28.4 (4.6) | 51.6 (4.2) | 83.5 (2.8) | <.001 |
| Male | 655 | 58.2 (2.2) | 64.6 (3.4) | 71.6 (4.6) | 48.4 (4.2) | 16.5 (2.8) | |
| Census region | |||||||
| Northeast | 192 | 20.0 (1.0) | 16.4 (2.6) | 23.0 (4.1) | 24.1 (2.8) | 16.3 (2.7) | .110 |
| Midwest | 338 | 19.9 (0.8) | 25.1 (2.2) | 15.9 (3.2) | 15.9 (2.1) | 18.9 (2.4) | |
| South | 463 | 30.2 (1.0) | 27.3 (2.4) | 30.7 (4.3) | 36.2 (3.5) | 25.2 (2.6) | |
| West | 362 | 29.9 (1.1) | 31.2 (2.9) | 30.4 (5.4) | 23.8 (3.8) | 39.6 (3.7) | |
| Level of urbanizationa,c | |||||||
| Large Metro | 562 | 56.2 (2.1) | 49.3 (3.2) | 68.9 (4.8) | 61.0 (4.1) | 39.4 (5.1) | <.001 |
| Medium/Small Metro | 443 | 29.0 (2.0) | 30.6 (2.9) | 22.8 (4.5) | 29.9 (3.9) | 34.3 (5.2) | |
| Non-metro | 350 | 14.8 (1.2) | 20.1 (2.4) | 8.3 (2.1) | 9.2 (2.0) | 26.3 (3.7) | |
| Asthma patient volumed (#/week) | |||||||
| <3 | 267 | 20.7 (2.0) | 22.4 (2.9) | 31.7 (5.5) | 7.8 (1.7) | 16.5 (3.1) | <.001 |
| 3–12 | 740 | 48.3 (2.2) | 52.3 (3.6) | 41.8 (5.1) | 48.0 (4.2) | 49.9 (4.3) | |
| 13+ | 241 | 19.3 (1.9) | 14.9 (2.6) | 10.4 (3.5)† | 34.7 (4.3) | 22.9 (4.6) | |
| missing | 107 | 11.7 (1.8) | 10.5 (2.6) | 16.1 (5.0)† | 9.6 (3.0)† | 10.7 (3.6)† | |
| Referral frequency to specialist | |||||||
| Always (>75% of time) | 90 | 8.0 (1.4) | 6.1 (1.6) | 12.1 (4.1)† | 7.5 (2.5)† | 6.3 (2.2)† | .370 |
| Often (25-<75% of time) | 387 | 29.5 (2.1) | 25.9 (3.0) | 30.0 (5.3) | 34.1 (4.0) | 31.5 (4.6) | |
| Sometimes/never (<25%) | 878 | 62.5 (2.3) | 68.0 (3.2) | 57.9 (5.7) | 58.4 (4.2) | 62.2 (4.8) | |
| Agreement indexe | |||||||
| Strongly agree | 179 | 11.6 (1.4) | 7.7 (1.4) | 16.4 (3.8) | 10.8 (2.7) | 17.4 (3.8) | .050 |
| All other responses | 1176 | 88.4 (1.6) | 92.3 (1.4) | 83.6 (3.8) | 89.2 (2.7) | 82.6 (3.8) | |
| Self-efficacy indexc,f | |||||||
| Very confident | 261 | 21.3 (2.2) | 20.0 (2.8) | 35.8 (5.8) | 12.6 (2.5) | 8.7 (2.3) | <.001 |
| All other responses | 1094 | 78.7 (2.2) | 80.0 (2.8) | 64.2 (5.8) | 87.4 (2.5) | 91.3 (2.3) | |
†
Relative standard error >30%
Notes: CHC: Community Health Center; SE: standard error
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, 2012 National Asthma Survey of Physicians: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
a
CHC significantly different than all other categories, t-test P<.05
b
Pediatrics significantly different than all other categories, t-test P<.05
c
FM/GM significantly different than all other categories, t-test P<.05
d
Pediatrics significantly different than FM/GM, internists, t-test P<.05
e
FM/GM significantly different than internists, CHC, t-test P<.05
f
Internists significantly different than all other categories, t-test P<.05