ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE
TABLE 1
Study Participant Demographics and Clinic Characteristics
Demographic
Full Sample ( n = 689)
Limited Analytic Sample ( n = 488)
#
%
#
%
Current occupation Physician
188
27.3
143
29.3
Physician assistant
30
4.4
26
5.3
Nurse practitioner
48
7.0
34
7.0
Registered nurse
402
58.3
285
58.4
Other
21
3.0
0
0
How often do you see patients who live in each of the following areas: Urban (≥50,000 people) Never 54
8.3
42
8.9
Rarely
77
11.9
60
12.8
Sometimes
57
8.8
41
8.7
Often
261
40.3
192
40.9
Always
198
30.6
135
28.7
Large rural/suburban (10,000–49,999 people) Never
42
6.6
33
7.1
Rarely
48
7.6
34
7.4
Sometimes
131
20.7
95
20.6
Often
288
45.4
212
45.9
Always
125
19.7
88
19.0
Small rural (≤9,999 people) Never
34
5.3
29
6.2
Rarely
67
10.5
49
10.4
Sometimes
180
28.1
131
27.9
Often
224
35.0
167
35.6
Always
135
21.1
93
19.8
Type of current practice Hospital-based
356
51.7
246
50.4
Clinic-based
244
35.4
182
37.3
Multispecialty clinic
28
4.1
15
3.1
Group practice
36
5.2
20
4.1
None of these descriptions
98
14.2
72
14.8
Number of patients seen in an average week 0
0
0
0
0
1–15
191
27.7
140
28.7
16–30
163
23.7
110
22.5
31–45
109
15.8
74
15.2
46–50
62
9.0
49
10.0
≥51
164
23.8
115
23.6
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