Table 1

Demographic and practice characteristics of respondents


Child Health Providers (N = 1,021)
Other Physicians (N= 3,159)

Respondent Characteristics




     Age: Mean (range)
49.54
(30–83)
51.02
(30–86)
     Gender (male)
537
(64.8%)
1941
(79.7%)
     Race/ethnicity:




          Caucasian
650
(63.7%)
2221
(70.3%)
          Hispanic
177
(17.3%)
362
(11.5%)
          Asian
119
(11.7%)
314
(9.9%)
          African American or Black
34
(3.3%)
99
(3.1%)
          Other or unknown
41
(4.0%)
163
(5.2%)





Practice Characteristics




     Mean years practicing in current community (range)
13.51
(1–50)
15.03
(<1–50)
     Mean years since medical school graduation (range)
20.69
(<1–59)
21.67
(<1–62)
     Practice Size:




          Solo practice
247
(25.5%)
980
(32.7%)
          2–9 physicians
588
(60.7%)
1561
(52.1%)
          10–49 physicians
104
(10.7%)
279
(9.3%)
          50 or greater physicians
29
(3.0%)
177
(5.9%)
     Practice setting:




          Rural
77
(7.6%)
168
(5.3%)
          Urban
942
(92.4%)
2985
(94.7%)
          Single specialty
591
(87.7%)
2121
(85.0%)
          Multi specialty
83
(12.3%)
374
(15.0%)

Note: Where applicable, numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

Menachemi et al. BMC Pediatrics 2006 6:21   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-6-21