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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 27.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Feb 15;40(3):276–280. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.347

Table 1:

Survey Demographics of 196 Respondents and 149 Non-respondents

Demographic Respondents (n=196) n (%) Non-respondents (n=149) n (%)
Practice Location*
US (per Census Bureau Division)
 New England 7 (4) 10 (7)
 Mid Atlantic 29 (15) 18 (12)
 East North Central 35 (18) 16 (11)
 West North Central 17 (9) 11 (7)
 South Atlantic 31 (16) 26 (17)
 East South Central 12 (6) 12 (8)
 West South Central 11 (6) 11 (7)
 Mountain 15 (8) 6 (4)
 Pacific 36 (18) 36 (24)
Canada 3 (2) 3 (2)
Years since completing fellowship training#
 <5 years 50 (26) 35 (23)
 5–14 64 (33) 56 (38)
 15–24 43 (22) 25 (17)
 ≥25 39 (20) 33 (22)
Employment^
 Hospital/clinic 59 (30) 42 (28)
 Private group or practice 17 (9) 11 (7)
 University 117 (60) 92 (62)
 Federal/state government or military 3 (2) 4 (3)
Primary hospital type*
 University hospital 122 (62) 94 (63)
 Non-university teaching hospital 54 (28) 38 (26)
 Community hospital 15 (8) 8 (5)
 City/county hospital 2 (1) 6 (4)
 Department of Defense or Other hospital 3 (2) 3 (2)
Children’s hospital type*
 Freestanding children’s hospital 111 (57) 72 (48)
 Children’s hospital within an adult hospital 62 (32) 52 (35)
 Pediatric ward within an adult hospital 21 (11) 23 (15)
 None of the above 2 (1) 2 (1)
Hospital bed number#
 <200 49 (25) 39 (26)
 200–350 76 (39) 47 (32)
 351–450 14 (7) 15 (10)
 451–600 38 (19) 28 (19)
 >600 19 (10) 20 (13)
*

0.3 < P < 0.4;

#

0.5 < P < 0.6;

^

0.8 < P < 0.9