Table 1. Characteristics of the 188 physicians who responded to the survey.
| Age | n (%)A |
| ≤54 | 83 (44) |
| ≥55 | 91 (48) |
| Gender Identity | |
| Female | 60 (32) |
| Male | 99 (53) |
| Do not wish to specify | 29 (15) |
| Hispanic or Latino | |
| Yes | 7 (4) |
| No | 164 (87) |
| Race | |
| Asian | 1 (1) |
| East Asian/Pacific Islander | 8 (4) |
| South Asian | 6 (3) |
| Other Asian | 2 (1) |
| Black/African American | 8 (4) |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 1 (1) |
| White/Caucasian | 133 (70) |
| Other | 7 (4) |
| Do not wish to specify | 6 (3) |
| Specialty | |
| Internal Medicine | 28 (15) |
| Family Medicine/Practice | 30 (16) |
| Surgery | 24 (13) |
| Psychiatry | 12 (6) |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology | 11 (6) |
| Neurology | 3 (2) |
| Emergency Medicine | 20 (11) |
| Anesthesia | 8 (4) |
| Pediatrics | 30 (16) |
| Other | 8 (4) |
| Practice at Veteran Affairs facility | |
| Yes | 3 (2) |
| No | 171 (91) |
| Percentage of patients in practice that are on Medicaid or underinsured | |
| < 30 | 92 (49) |
| 30-74 | 62 (33) |
| ≥75 | 13 (7) |
| Region of practice | |
| Northeast | 40 (21) |
| Southeast | 52 (28) |
| Midwest | 46 (24) |
| Southwest | 15 (8) |
| West | 34 (18) |
| How often physicians provide end-of-life careB | |
| Often | 33 (18) |
| Sometimes | 78 (41) |
| Rarely | 73 (39) |
APercentages do not add up to 100 due to incomplete survey data. BData condensed from 9 to 3 categories.