| |
Overall (n=962) |
Academic Practice (n=485) |
Private Practice (n=212) |
Private Practice and an Academic Affiliation (n=233) |
Locum Tenens/Other (n=32) |
| Years in practice, median (IQR) |
|
10 (5 - 20) |
8 (4 - 19) |
11 (5 - 21) |
12.5 (5.75 - 19.25) |
| Sex, n (%) |
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|
|
|
|
| Female |
446 (46.4) |
255 (52.6) |
95 (44.8) |
80 (34.3) |
16 (50.0) |
| Male |
516 (53.6) |
230 (47.4) |
117 (55.2) |
153 (65.6) |
16 (50.0) |
| Clinical work hours per week, mean (SD) |
46.9 (12.4) |
44.9 (12.6) |
48.5 (11.6) |
50.3 (10.8) |
42.4 (17.3) |
| Clinical work hours per week by sex, mean (SD) |
|
|
|
|
| Female |
45.0 (12.0) |
44.0 (12.3) |
46.2 (11.9) |
47.4 (10.9) |
43.4 (10.2) |
| Male |
48.5 (12.5) |
45.8 (12.9) |
50.4 (11.0) |
51.8 (10.4) |
41.4 (22.0) |
| Hospital setting (at least 50% of time), n (%)^ |
|
|
|
|
| General hospital WITHOUT dedicated children’s unit |
99 (10.3) |
27 (5.6) |
46 (21.7) |
19 (8.2) |
7 (21.9) |
| General hospital WITH dedicated children’s unit |
343 (35.7) |
144 (29.7) |
98 (46.2) |
91 (39.1) |
10 (31.3) |
| Freestanding children’s hospital |
470 (48.9) |
312 (64.3) |
36 (17.0) |
110 (47.2) |
12 (37.5) |
| Ambulatory surgery center |
52 (5.4) |
9 (1.9) |
32 (15.1) |
9 (3.9) |
2 (6.3) |
| Other (VA, office-based, dental setting) |
9 (0.9) |
2 (0.4) |
4 (1.9) |
0 (0) |
3 (9.4) |
| Respondents who supervise, n (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Residents |
648 (67.4) |
469 (96.7) |
19 (9.0) |
152 (65.2) |
8 (25.0) |
| Fellows |
455 (47.3) |
392 (80.8) |
5 (2.4) |
57 (24.5) |
1 (3.1) |
| Certified registered nurse anesthetists |
735 (76.4) |
420 (86.6) |
125 (59.0) |
174 (74.7) |
16 (50.0) |
| Certified anesthesiology assistants |
160 (16.6) |
106 (21.9) |
18 (8.5) |
31 (13.3) |
5 (15.6) |
| Non-anesthesia trainees |
434 (45.1) |
284 (58.6) |
45 (21.2) |
100 (42.9) |
5 (15.6) |
| Mean percentage of time by practice setting |
|
|
|
|
| Operating room |
92.7 |
90.7 |
95.5 |
95.1 |
87.5 |
| Acute pain service |
3.3 |
3.9 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
2 |
| Chronic pain service |
1.2 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0 |
| Pediatric intensive care |
1.6 |
2.3 |
0.6 |
1 |
0.8 |
| Other |
1.2 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
9.7 |
| Percentage of cases by age |
|
|
|
|
|
| Infants/children (aged 0–2 years) |
21.6 |
25.3 |
14.6 |
20.7 |
20.2 |
| Children (aged three years to five years) |
24.7 |
27.4 |
18.6 |
24.6 |
25.4 |
| Older children (aged six years to 17 years) |
24.8 |
28.2 |
16.9 |
25.4 |
23.1 |
| Adults (aged 18+ years) |
29 |
19.1 |
50 |
29.3 |
31.2 |
| Number of anesthesiologists who cared for patients undergoing index cases within the past 12 months, n (%) |
| Airway |
814 (84.6) |
427 (88.0) |
162 (76.4) |
205 (88.0) |
20 (62.5) |
| Cardiac with CPB |
192 (20.0) |
11 (2.3) |
25 (11.8) |
54 (23.2) |
1 (3.1) |
| Cardiac without CPB |
263 (27.3) |
151 (31.1) |
37 (17.5) |
72 (30.9) |
3 (9.4) |
| Craniofacial |
596 (62.0) |
312 (64.3) |
105 (49.5) |
163 (70.0) |
16 (50.0) |
| Intra-abdominal/intracavitary |
840 (87.3) |
438 (90.3) |
171 (80.7) |
210 (90.1) |
21 (65.6) |
| Intracranial neurosurgery |
651 (67.7) |
362 (74.6) |
99 (46.7) |
175 (75.1) |
15 (46.9) |
| Intrathoracic non-cardiac |
679 (70.6) |
373 (76.9) |
119 (56.1) |
172 (73.8) |
15 (46.9) |
| Major orthopedic |
732 (76.1) |
386 (79.6) |
134 (63.2) |
190 (81.6) |
22 (68.8) |
| Neonatal emergency |
753 (78.3) |
400 (82.5) |
142 (67.0) |
193 (82.8) |
18 (56.3) |
| Solid organ transplant |
300 (31.2) |
222 (45.8) |
10 (4.7) |
63 (27.0) |
5 (15.6) |
| ASA physical status greater than/equal to four |
748 (77.8) |
421 (86.8) |
128 (60.4) |
181 (77.7) |
18 (56.3) |
| *Due to rounding, percentages may not sum to 100% |
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| ^sum of percentages >100 because respondents who indicated 50% time were counted twice |
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