Table 2.
Clinician Characteristics (NClinicians = 867)
| Characteristic | N (%) or M (SD) |
|---|---|
| Demographic | |
| Male | 485 (55.9) |
| Age | 49.0 (11.0) |
| Race | |
| White | 665 (75.6) |
| Asian-American | 139 (16.0) |
| Black | 34 (3.9) |
| Other | 39 (4.5) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 40 (4.6) |
| Ten-Item Personality Inventory (1–7) | |
| Extraversion | 4.2 (1.5) |
| Agreeableness | 5.7 (1.1) |
| Conscientiousness | 6.2 (0.9) |
| Emotional Stability | 5.6 (1.2) |
| Openness to Experiences | 5.2 (1.1) |
| Clinical | |
| NH uses electronic health records | 775 (89.4) |
| NH has wireless network | 627 (72.3) |
| Days per week in NH | 1.8 (1.5) |
| Hours per month in NH | 32.3 (42.4) |
| % of patients in NH | 25.9 (26.4) |
| Work in a practice that serves long-term care only a | 44 (23.3) |
| Certified Medical Director a | 39 (20.6) |
| Specialty | |
| General Practice | 71 (8.2) |
| Family Medicine | 477 (55.0) |
| Internal Medicine | 301 (34.7) |
| Other | 18 (2.1) |
| Has a sub-specialty | 189 (21.8) |
| Geriatrics | 84 (44.4) |
| Hospice and palliative medicine | 30 (15.9) |
| Other | 95 (50.3) |
| Degree | |
| MD, DO | 515 (59.4) |
| Nurse Practitioner | 209 (24.1) |
| Physician Assistant | 143 (16.5) |
| Years since obtained degree | 20.2 (11.4) |
| Obtained degree in United States | 780 (90.0) |
| Prescribing Decision a | |
| “I would not prescribe an antibiotic.” | 5,084 (30.9) |
| “I would prescribe for a UTI.” | 5,562 (33.8) |
| “I would prescribe for another infection.” | 2,502 (15.2) |
| “I would prescribe a broad-spectrum antibiotic.” | 3,325 (20.2) |
Note.
a
NObservations = 16,473 (867 × 19).