Table 1.
Characteristics of Survey Participants (n = 294)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Discipline | |
| Physician | 200 (68.0) |
| Social work | 53 (18.0) |
| Nurse practitioner or physician assistant | 19 (6.5) |
| Other | 22 (7.5) |
| U.S. census region | |
| Midwest | 70 (23.8) |
| Northeast | 63 (21.4) |
| South | 83 (28.2) |
| West | 78 (26.5) |
| Practice location | |
| Large metropolitan | 185 (62.9) |
| Midsize city | 66 (22.4) |
| Small town | 41 (13.9) |
| Rural | 2 (0.7) |
| Practice typea | |
| Hospital-Based Palliative Care | 156 (53.1) |
| Hospice | 64 (21.8) |
| Clinical Social Work/Case Management | 48 (16.3) |
| Hospital Medicine | 28 (9.5) |
| Outpatient/Community Palliative Care | 20 (6.8) |
| Oncology | 14 (4.8) |
| Outpatient General/Family Medicine | 12 (4.1) |
| Other | 13 (4.4) |
| Practice site characteristicsa | |
| Academic Teaching Hospital/Health System | 138 (46.9) |
| Private Hospital/Health System | 137 (46.6) |
| State or Local Government Health System | 49 (16.7) |
| Federal Government Health System | 9 (3.1) |
| Practice site financial structurea | |
| Not for profit | 249 (84.7) |
| For profit | 30 (10.2) |
| Government run | 34 (11.6) |
| Provider awareness of immigration status | |
| Always | 56 (19.1) |
| Often | 137 (46.6) |
| Sometimes | 62 (21.1) |
| Rarely | 31 (10.5) |
| Never | 8 (2.7) |
| Care for undocumented immigrants in preceding 12 months | |
| Yes | 251 (85.4) |
| No | 17 (5.8) |
| I don't know | 26 (8.8) |
a
Respondents selected all descriptors that applied; percent totals >100%.