Table 1.

Provider demographics and practice characteristics (N=105); SCD Implementation Consortium, USA, 2021

	Frequency n (%)
Age group
18–30 years	9 (8.6)
31–50 years	39 (37.1)
51–70 years	22 (21.0)
Don’t know/prefer not to respond	35 (33.3)
Sex
Male	39 (45.2)
Female	33 (53.4)
Don’t know/prefer not to respond	1 (1.4)
(32 missing)
Race
American Indian or Alaskan native	2 (2.6)
Asian	9 (11.5)
Black or African American	8 (10.3)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0 (0)
White	51 (65.4)
Other	1 (1.3)
Don’t know/prefer not to respond	7 (9.0)
(27 missing)
Years in practice
<1 year	2 (2.6)
1–5 years	25 (32.9)
6–10 years	13 (17.1)
11–20 years	15 (19.7)
21–30 years	14 (18.4)
31–40 years	5 (6.6)
41–50 years	0 (0.0)
Don’t know/prefer not to respond	2 (2.6)
(29 missing)
Provider licensure
Medical doctor	55 (71.4)
Nurse practitioner	11 (14.3)
Physician’s assistant	3 (3.9)
Registered nurse	3 (3.9)
Other	5 (6.5)
(28 Missing)
Primary area of practice
Family medicine	15 (19.2)
Haematology/SCD specific	19 (24.4)
Internal medicine	8 (10.3)
Paediatrics	19 (24.4)
Other/prefer not to provide	17 (21.8)
(27 missing)
Main practice setting
Rural	6 (9.5)
Urban	52 (82.5)
Suburban	5 (7.9)
(42 missing)
Age of the patients with SCD cared for
Infancy through young adult	55 (59.1)
Adults (ages ≥18 years)	38 (40.9)
(12 missing)

SCD, sickle cell disease.