Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Interview Participants
| Total Sample | Physicians | Pharmacists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Interview Participants | 46 | 100 | 16 | 34.8 | 30 | 65.2 |
| Intermountain Hospital | 8 | 17.4 | 1 | 6.3 | 7 | 23.3 |
| VA Hospital | 38 | 82.6 | 15 | 93.7 | 23 | 76.7 |
| Male | 29 | 63.0 | 11 | 68.8 | 18 | 60.0 |
| Female | 17 | 37.0 | 5 | 31.2 | 12 | 40.0 |
| Infectious Diseases or Antibiotic Traininga | ||||||
| Yes | 33 | 71.7 | 15 | 93.7 | 18 | 60.0 |
| No | 13 | 28.3 | 1 | 6.3 | 12 | 40.0 |
| Residency Trainingb | ||||||
| Yes | 38 | 82.6 | 16 | 100.0 | 22 | 73.3 |
| No | 8 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 26.7 |
| Year Licensedc (Median, SD) | 2006 | 11.3 | 1997 | 12.3 | 2006 | 9.7 |
| Length of time at facility (Median, SD) | 7.5 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Facility of Stewardd | ||||||
| Teaching Hospital | 35 | 76.1 | 14 | 87.5 | 21 | 70.0 |
| Nonteaching Hospital | 11 | 23.9 | 2 | 12.5 | 9 | 30.0 |
| Urban | 29 | 63.0 | 12 | 75.0 | 17 | 56.7 |
| Suburban | 12 | 26.1 | 3 | 18.7 | 9 | 30.0 |
| Rural | 5 | 10.9 | 1 | 6.3 | 4 | 13.3 |
| Region: Northeast | 5 | 10.9 | 2 | 12.5 | 3 | 10.0 |
| Region: Midwest | 11 | 23.9 | 6 | 37.5 | 5 | 16.7 |
| Region: South | 9 | 19.6 | 3 | 18.7 | 6 | 20.0 |
| Region: West | 21 | 45.7 | 5 | 31.3 | 16 | 53.3 |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; VA, Veterans Health Administration.
aIncludes a range of training from educational activities to formal postgraduate program.
bIncludes any residency training and is not limited to infectious diseases.
cResults from 45 stewards due to missing data.
dThere was a total of 39 facilities—both pharmacist and physician stewards were interviewed at 7 sites and a pharmacist operating room physician steward was interviewed at 32 sites.