Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents by healthcare system
| Characteristic | Total Sample N = 366 (%) |
VHAa N = 93 (%) |
AHCb N = 273 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic Characteristics | |||
| Gender, n (%) | |||
| Female | 206 (56.3) | 51 (54.8) | 155 (56.8) |
| Ethnicity/Race, n (%)c | |||
| Hispanic | 11 (3.0) | 2 (2.2) | 9 (3.3) |
| White | 297 (81.1) | 71 (76.3) | 226 (82.8) |
| Black | 22 (6.0) | 7 (7.5) | 15 (5.5) |
| Asian | 45 (12.3) | 15 (16.1) | 30 (11.0) |
| Other | 15 (4.1) | 4 (4.3) | 11 (4.0) |
| Professional Characteristics | |||
| Medical Specialty, n (%) | |||
| General Internal Medicine | 215 (58.7) | 65 (69.9) | 150 (54.9) |
| Pulmonology | 39 (10.7) | 10 (10.8) | 29 (10.6) |
| Hematology/Oncology | 69 (18.9) | 18 (19.4) | 51 (18.7) |
| Gynecology | 43 (11.7) | 0 | 43 (15.8) |
| Medical Position, n (%) | |||
| Attending | 171 (46.7) | 45 (48.4) | 126 (46.2) |
| Physician-In-Training | 159 (43.4) | 31 (33.3) | 128 (46.9) |
| Nurse Practitioner | 33 (9.0) | 17 (18.3) | 16 (5.9) |
| Physician Assistant | 3 (0.8) | 0 | 3 (1.1) |
| Years Since Terminal Degree, n (%) | |||
| < 1 | 38 (10.4) | 5 (5.4) | 33 (12.1) |
| 1–5 | 137 (37.4) | 29 (31.2) | 108 (39.6) |
| 6–10 | 54 (14.8) | 13 (14.0) | 41 (15.0) |
| 11–15 | 47 (12.8) | 11 (11.8) | 36 (13.2) |
| 16–25 | 57 (15.6) | 25 (26.9) | 32 (11.7) |
| > 25 | 31 (8.5) | 10 (10.8) | 21 (7.7) |
| Missing | 2 (0.5) | 0 | 2 (0.7) |
| Practice Location, n (%) | |||
| Hospital-based clinic | 262 (71.6) | 58 (62.4) | 204 (74.7) |
| Community-based clinic | 104 (28.4) | 35 (37.6) | 69 (25.3) |
| < 50% of Time Providing Direct Patient Care, n (%) | 87 (23.8) | 26 (28.0) | 61 (22.3) |
| Perceived Percentage of Current Smokers in Healthcare Provider’s Practices, median (IQR) | 25 (15, 40) | 40 (30, 50) | 20 (15, 30) |
| Perceived Percentage of Former Smokers in Healthcare Provider’s Practices, median (IQR) | 30 (20, 50) | 40 (25, 70) | 30 (20, 40) |
| Perceived Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation at Decreasing Cancer Mortality, n (%) | |||
| Very Effective | 260 (71.0%) | 69 (74.2%) | 191 (70.0%) |
| < Very Effective | 104 (28.4%) | 23 (24.7%) | 81 (29.7%) |
| Missing | 2 (0.5%) | 1 (1.1%) | 1 (0.4%) |
aVHA refers to Veterans Health Administration, bAHC refers to academic health center, cHealthcare providers were allowed to select all race/ethnicity options that applied