Table 1.
Demographics and Practice Characteristics of Survey Respondents
| Variable | No. of Respondents (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (n = 287), y | |
| < 40 | 62 (22) |
| 40-50 | 108 (38) |
| 51-60 | 70 (24) |
| 61-80 | 47 (16) |
| Sex (n = 288) | |
| Male | 210 (73) |
| Female | 61 (21) |
| Declined to answer | 17 (6) |
| Race (n = 290) | |
| White | 168 (58) |
| Black | 2 (1) |
| Asian | 76 (26) |
| Other | 4 (1) |
| Declined to answer | 40 (14) |
| Hispanic or Latino heritage (n = 288) | |
| Yes | 19 (7) |
| No | 234 (81) |
| Declined to answer | 35 (12) |
| Region of practice (n = 287) | |
| West | 44 (15.5) |
| Midwest | 63 (22) |
| South | 116 (40.5) |
| Northeast | 64 (22) |
| Specialty (N = 453) | |
| General pulmonologist | 341 (75) |
| Interventional pulmonologist | 91 (20) |
| Intensivist | 21 (5) |
| Practice setting (N = 453) | |
| Academic | 148 (33) |
| Community | 305 (67) |
| Practice setting and subspecialty training (N = 453) | |
| General/academic | 94 (20.7) |
| General/community | 268 (59.2) |
| Interventional/academic | 54 (11.9) |
| Interventional/community | 37 (8.2) |
| Length of time in practice (n = 288), y | |
| ≤ 10 | 130 (45) |
| 11-30 | 129 (45) |
| 31-50 | 29 (10) |
| Reported % clinical time (n = 288) | |
| < 50 | 10 (3) |
| 50-74 | 28 (10) |
| > 74 | 250 (87) |
| Average No. of new lung cancer cases diagnosed per month (N = 453) | |
| 1-4 | 230 (51) |
| 5-9 | 137 (30) |
| 10-14 | 48 (11) |
| ≥ 15 | 38 (8) |
| Which of the following biopsy/tissue sampling techniques do you perform most often with your patients (regardless of whether you perform the actual procedure)? (N = 453) | |
| EBUS-TBNA | 397 (87) |
| Transthoracic needle biopsy | 326 (72) |
| Surgical specimen | 147 (32) |
| Mediastinoscopy | 110 (24) |
| Do you perform EBUS-TBNA to provide a cancer diagnosis and stage? (N = 453) | |
| Performs EBUS-TBNA themselves | 280 (62) |
| Refers to another provider | 174 (38) |
EBUS-TBNA = endobronchial ultrasound with transbronchial needle aspiration.