Table 1.
Participant Characteristics.
| n (%) | Nurse practitioner n = 987 | Physician n = 2,034 |
|---|---|---|
| Sex^ | ||
| Female | 883 (89.5) | 1059 (52.1) |
| Male | 104 (10.5) | 968 (47.6) |
| Years Practicing | ||
| <5 years | 308 (31.3) | 490 (24.2) |
| 5–10 years | 259 (26.3) | 403 (19.9) |
| 11–15 years | 131 (13.3) | 302 (14.9) |
| 16–20 years | 90 (9.1) | 211 (10.4) |
| More than 20 years | 197 (20.0) | 618 (30.5) |
| Specialty* | ||
| Anesthesiology | 59 (6.0) | 125 (6.2) |
| Emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine | 48 (4.9) | 168 (8.3) |
| Family medicine | 299 (30.3) | 360 (17.7) |
| General internal medicine or internal medicine subspecialty | 154 (15.6) | 417 (20.6) |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 76 (7.7) | 82 (4.0) |
| Pediatrics or pediatric subspecialty | 96 (9.7) | 326 (16.1) |
| Psychiatry | 87 (8.8) | 126 (6.2) |
| Surgery or surgical subspecialty | 59 (6.0) | 260 (12.8) |
| Other specialty | 109 (11.0) | 165 (8.1) |
| Facility Setting | ||
| Rural | 78 (8.1) | 96 (4.9) |
| Urban | 889 (91.9) | 1872 (95.1) |
Note: missingness < 5% excluded from table.
^Clinician sex obtained from licensure data which allowed only “male” or “female” responses.
*Some “Other specialty” write in options have been aggregated and combined with existing categories for summary purposes.