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. 2020 Sep 3;98(10):671–682. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.264044

Table 1. Users of Anesthesiologist app and properties of their practice,a 1 October 2018 to 30 June 2020 .

Properties of app user and their practice No. (%)
User characteristics, if provided (n = 50 989)b
Physician attending or consultant 13 198 (25.9)
Physician resident, fellow or registrar 10 904 (21.4)
Certified registered nurse anaesthetist or anaesthesiologist assistant 12 748 (25.0)
Certified registered nurse anaesthetist or trainee anaesthesiologist assistant 2 367 (4.6)
Technically trained in anaesthesia 1 408 (2.8)
Anaesthesia technician 3 089 (6.1)
Medical student 2 282 (4.5)
Nurse 1749 (3.4)
Paramedic emergency medical technician 1 089 (2.1)
Respiratory therapist 381 (0.7)
Pharmacist 447 (0.9)
Other medical practitioner 817 (1.6)
Not medical practitioner 510 (1.0)
Practice model, if provided (n = 22 315)b
Physician only 6 835 (30.6)
Physician supervised, anaesthesiologist onsite 9 300 (41.7)
Physician supervised, non-anaesthesiologist physician onsite 2 077 (9.3)
Physician supervised, no physician onsite 1 319 (5.9)
No physician supervision 1 519 (6.8)
Not an anaesthesia provider 1 265 (5.7)
Practice type, if provided (n = 23 586)b
Private clinic or office 4 638 (19.7)
Local health clinic 2 166 (9.2)
Ambulatory surgery centre 1 525 (6.5)
Small community hospital 2 933 (12.4)
Large community hospital 6 413 (27.2)
Academic department or university hospital 5 911 (25.1)
Practice size, if provided (n = 28 090)b
Single practitioner for a large area 7 890 (28.1)
One of several practitioners in the area 5 445 (19.4)
Group practice size (members)
   1–5 3 710 (13.2)
   > 5–10 2 930 (10.4)
   > 10–25 2 731 (9.7)
   > 25–50 2 219 (7.9)
   > 50 3 165 (11.3)

App: mobile application.

a Mean length of practice, 13.2 years (standard deviation: 13.4 years).

b Completion of any part of the survey is not compulsory for users of the app.